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The first 'AI Eurovision' song contest winner was trained on koalas
Eurovision 2020 was unsurprisingly cancelled due to the pandemic, but AI has stepped in to fill its glittery shoes. Dutch broadcaster VPRO has just wrapped up a Eurovision-inspired AI Song Contest, with 13 teams from Europe and Australia training algorithms t…
Other tunes are, shall we say, less than comforting. The song from runner-up Germany, Dadabots x Portrait XO’s “I’ll Marry You, Punk Come,” is about as disturbing as you’d expect from an AI trained o… [+732 chars]
Jon Fingas
2020-05-13 13:48:33
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How this startup built and exited to Twitter in 1,219 days
By the summer of 2016, Marie Outtier had spent eight years as a consultant advising media agencies and martech companies on marketing growth strategy. Pierre-Jean “PJ” Camillieri started as a music software engineer before joining one of Apple’s consumer elec…
By the summer of 2016, Marie Outtier had spent eight years as a consultant advising media agencies and martech companies on marketing growth strategy.
Pierre-Jean PJ Camillieri started as a music so… [+2681 chars]
Mike Butcher
2020-04-30 19:44:40
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There are now more than a million podcasts
Podcasting just hit a major milestone.
There are now more than one million podcast shows on Apple Podcasts, according to Apple.
Let me reiterate: we don't mean episodes. We’re talking more than one million individual podcast shows: As in the shows which then…
Podcasting just hit a major milestone.
There are now more than one million podcast shows on Apple Podcasts, according to Apple.
Let me reiterate: we don't mean episodes. Were talking more than one… [+3408 chars]
(Deleted account)
2020-04-24 21:32:10
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This AI creates entire songs complete with music, lyrics, and vocals
OpenAI today introduced ‘Jukebox,’ an open-source AI system for generating novel music complete with lyrics and vocals. Simply put, it’s the most impressive music-writing AI we’ve seen yet. Jukebox was trained on massive datasets of music across nearly every …
OpenAI today introduced Jukebox, an open-source AI system for generating novel music complete with lyrics and vocals. Simply put, its the most impressive music-writing AI weve seen yet.
Jukebox was … [+2625 chars]
Tristan Greene
2020-04-30 21:35:15
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Moby: All Visible Objects review – misjudged and out of touch
(Mute Records/Little Idiot)Seeming to prefer penning candid memoirs to exploring new musical material, Moby’s 17th album has vitality but no noveltyMoby’s heydays bookended the 1990s. In 1991, the New York native smooshed together post-punk, 80s disco and the…
Mobys heydays bookended the 1990s. In 1991, the New York native smooshed together post-punk, 80s disco and the Twin Peaks score into Go, a quintessential rave track that reached No 10 in the UK chart… [+1453 chars]
Rachel Aroesti
2020-05-15 08:00:21
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99-Year-Old British Captain Just Had His First No. 1 Single
The World War II veteran reached No. 1 on the British charts with a version of "You'll Never Walk Alone" recorded with singer Michael Ball to raise funds...
Britains coronavirus fundraising hero Captain Tom Moore got two Guinness World Record titles to add to his accolades on Friday, just days shy of his 100th birthday.
The World War Two veteran took th… [+1504 chars]
Reuters
2020-04-24 23:25:16
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Fortnite to celebrate 350m players with massive virtual party
World’s most popular video game to celebrate launch of new party mode with live event featuring Deadmau5 and Steve AokiFortnite developer Epic Games has announced that the game now has 350m registered players.In a tweet published on Wednesday, the company als…
Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that the game now has 350m registered players.
In a tweet published on Wednesday, the company also revealed that during April, the online shooter was play… [+1563 chars]
Keith Stuart Keza MacDonald
2020-05-06 20:11:18
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Twitch's non-gaming content more than doubles year-over-year
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Viewership of "Just Chatting," a Twitch category dedicated to non-gaming content, like creators having conversations with one another or musicians hosting a mini-concert, soared by 138% year-over-yea… [+2164 chars]
Mariel Soto Reyes
2020-05-18 13:51:00
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Betty Wright: Clean Up Woman
Talented soul, funk and R&B singer Betty Wright (born Bessie Regina Norris) has passed away at 66 years old. Perhaps not a household name, Wright’s influence stretched further than many might realize. Releasing her first album, My First Time Around (1968), at…
Talented soul, funk and R&B singer Betty Wright (born Bessie Regina Norris) has passed away at 66 years old. Perhaps not a household name, Wright’s influence stretched further than many might rea… [+584 chars]
Katie Olsen
2020-05-11 14:49:21
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This AI is creating some surprisingly good bops based on music by Katy Perry and Kanye West — listen to some of the best
- Researchers at OpenAI are using machine learning to generate songs from scratch — complete with lyrics, soundtracks, and vocals.
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Jukebox harnesses the same technology that's behind deepfakes and this recently viral meme generator by trainin…
Artists may need to start competing with — or embracing — computer-made songs and soundtracks in the near future, if a new AI music generator shows any indication of what could come next for the musi… [+2004 chars]
Paige Leskin
2020-05-04 19:42:52
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Grammy-Winning Soul Singer Betty Wright Dies at Age 66
Wright had been diagnosed with cancer in the fall
(MIAMI) Betty Wright, the Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter whose influential 1970s hits included Clean Up Woman" and Where is the Love, has died at age 66.
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Associated Press
2020-05-11 07:06:02
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Drake Fans Accuse Kenny Chesney Of Manipulating Billboard Charts By Putting Effort Into Album
TORONTO—Calling the country singer’s place at the top of Top 200 completely illegitimate, fans of the rapper–singer Drake took to social media Friday to accuse Kenny Chesney of manipulating Billboard’s algorithm by putting effort into his album. “It’s just un…
TORONTOCalling the country singers place at the top of Top 200 completely illegitimate, fans of the rappersinger Drake took to social media Friday to accuse Kenny Chesney of manipulating Billboards a… [+836 chars]
The Onion
2020-05-15 20:05:00
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Grammy-Winning Soul Singer Betty Wright Dies
The singer/songwriter was best known for the 1970s hits “Clean Up Woman” and “Where is the Love."
MIAMI (AP) Betty Wright, the Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter whose influential 1970s hits included Clean Up Woman and Where is the Love, has died at age 66.
Wright died at her home in Miam… [+1983 chars]
AP
2020-05-11 04:26:27
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Dave Greenfield, Keyboardist of the Stranglers, Dead at 71 From COVID-19
Greenfield, who joined the UK band in 1975, wrote the music for the Stranglers’ biggest hit “Golden Brown”
Dave Greenfield, the longtime keyboardist of the UK rock band the Stranglers, has died, the band announced on its website. According to the Stranglers, Greenfield died on May 3 after a battle with CO… [+770 chars]
Matthew Strauss
2020-05-04 18:45:06
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Bryan Adams attacks China as 'bat eating, virus making' source of coronavirus
Canadian pop-rocker conflates various unproven theories about source of disease in expletive-filled rant on InstagramBryan Adams has made an expletive-filled attack on Chinese people over coronavirus, in the week he was due to start a concert residency at the…
Bryan Adams has made an expletive-filled attack on Chinese people over coronavirus, in the week he was due to start a concert residency at the Royal Albert Hall, London, that was cancelled due to the… [+3703 chars]
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
2020-05-12 07:47:11
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TikTok is developing a branded augmented reality video effect to rival Snapchat
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TikTok is developing an ad format that will let users create videos using branded augmented reality (AR) effects, due to arrive sometime in Q3, according to a source to Digiday. The feature parallels… [+3422 chars]
Nina Goetzen
2020-05-11 14:32:00
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Betty Wright, Grammy Award-Winning R&B Singer, Dead at 66 - Yahoo News Canada
- Betty Wright, Grammy Award-Winning R&B Singer, Dead at 66 Yahoo News Canada
- Soul legend Betty Wright dies at 66 CANOE
- Betty Wright, Iconic R&B Singer, Dead at 66 Pitchfork
- Betty Wright, US soul, funk and R&B singer, di…
Betty Wright, whose hits include No Pain, (No Gain) and Tonight Is the Night, has died. She was 66.
News of her death was shared on Sunday morning by her niece. I just lost my aunt this morning.... … [+2486 chars]
Maria Pasquini
2020-05-10 17:30:00
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‘The Voice’ 2020 judges: Was this the best coaching panel in all 18 seasons? [POLL] - Gold Derby
- ‘The Voice’ 2020 judges: Was this the best coaching panel in all 18 seasons? [POLL] Gold Derby
- Bon Jovi Performs "Limitless" - The Voice Finale 2020 The Voice
- ‘The Voice’ Season 18 Finale: Find Out Who Was Crowned The Champion! …
Tuesday night during “The Voice’s” highly anticipated Season 18 finale, quarantined host Carson Daly took fans on a nostalgic journey through coaching panels of years past. Blake Shelton, Adam Levine… [+3202 chars]
Marcus James Dixon
2020-05-20 07:51:43
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War veteran tops U.K. music charts after record fund-raiser
Tom Moore’s rendition of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ sold 82,000 units, beating The Weeknd
A 99-year-old British Second World War veteran who shot to fame raising millions for health workers fighting the coronavirus has become the oldest artiste to reach No. 1 in the U.K. music charts.
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AFP
2020-04-25 17:31:05
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