AI music has reached the charts, and the artists using it have stopped hiding it

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The american rapper Tyga has admitted that artificial intelligence generated the retro synths on his new album, Timbaland has signed an entirely AI-created pop star, and a machine-assisted summer hit has already reached the Billboard Hot 100.

Generative music has arrived in the mainstream, and the artists using it have largely stopped pretending otherwise.

Tyga’s […]