Paul McCartney Clarifies AI Use in ‘New’ Beatles Song: ‘Nothing Has Been Artificially Created’

Robert De Niro attended the funeral for his grandson Leandro De Niro Rodriguez on Friday, five days after the 19-year-old tragically died in New York City. The 79-year-old actor was accompanied by his girlfriend Tiffany Chen and their 3-month-old daughter Gia for the service at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Paul McCartney befuddled Beatles fans last month when he announced the band would be releasing a record featuring the late John Lennon, with the help of artificial intelligence.  "When we came to make what will be the last Beatles record it was a demo that John had – that we worked on and we just finished it up – it'll be released this year. We were able to take John's voice and get it pure through this AI so that then we could mix the record as you would normally do," he told BBC Radio 4's Today show. Fans began questioning why the Beatles would do such a thing, sharing their disdain on social media.

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little help from AI — but just a little.Paul McCartney has responded to the speculation about the use of artificial intelligence in the Beatles’ upcoming song.McCartney, 81, told the BBC that “the final Beatles album” will be released later this year — using AI technology to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from a previously unheard track.“It was a demo that John had that we worked on, and we just finished it up, it’ll be released this year,” he said in his initial announcement on June 12. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI, so then we could mix the record as you would normally do.”With AI being at the center of much concern and debate, many fans jumped to conclusions and assumed that the technology was being used to generate fabricated vocals from the late Lennon.McCartney took to social media to ensure his fans that nothing was fabricated.“Been great to see such an exciting response to our forthcoming Beatles project. No one is more excited than us to be sharing something with you later in the year,” he tweeted.“We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles has announced a special initiative to help save Rockwood Music Hall, the long-running independent New York City music venue, which is in danger of closing. The #PreserveRockwood benefit concert series will launch on June 30 with Bareilles and will be an opportunity to see artists perform in the venue’s intimate setting while helping to keep it alive. 100% of the proceeds from the shows will be donated to Rockwood to help continue a space for independent and emerging artists to perform. Other artists initially joining the series include Chris Thile and Michael Daves (July 1), Amy Helm (July 6), Isabel Hagen (July 10), Ingrid Michaelson (July 20), Elle King (July 31) and The Lone Bellow (August 10), and more.

Paul McCartney has clarified the process of creating a freshly announced AI song by The Beatles, saying that it features nothing “artificially or synthetically created”.Last week, McCartney revealed that artificial intelligence has allowed him to create a “final” Beatles song.The legendary singer-songwriter and bassist discussed the prospect during a new interview with Radio 4’s Today Programme, and revealed that AI technology allowed him to “extricate” John Lennon’s vocals from an old demo track — meaning that he could complete the song.Now, after fans debated about the specifics of the creation process, Macca took to Twitter to clarify.He wrote yesterday (June 22): “Been great to see such an exciting response to our forthcoming Beatles project. No one is more excited than us to be sharing something with you later in the year.“We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it. Seems to be a lot of guess work out there.

Paul McCartney is clearing the air on speculation over the use of AI in the new Beatles song that’ll be released later this year.

Paul McCartney wants to clear up confusion about that upcoming Beatles record: Nothing, including the vocals of the late John Lennon, has been artificially created.

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said.“[John] had a really tragic life,” he continued. “As a kid, his mother was decreed to not be good enough to bring him up…His father had left the home when John was 3.

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Paul McCartney sat down with Conan O'Brien for a podcast recording of. And while looking at old photos of himself and his former Beatles bandmates, McCartney opened up about the late John Lennon, explaining why he looked so vulnerable in one of the images on display. "[John] had a really tragic life," McCartney said.

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The Beatles are coming back.

Paul McCartney says there will be a new Beatles record – created with help from artificial intelligence. McCartney, one of the two living Beatles, said AI was used to extricate the late John Lennon's vocals from a previously recorded track.During an interview with, McCartney, 80, was asked about how AI has been used to replicate his young voice and even «bring voices back from the grave,» by mimicking the late John Lennon and George Harrison. «It's a very interesting thing,» McCartney said. «It's something we're all sort of tackling at the moment in terms of trying to deal with what's it mean.» He admitted he's not on the internet much but he has heard of AI-produced tracks that use the former band members' voices. «All of that is kind of scary, but it's the future» he said, adding it has great uses.

There was no mention of artificial intelligence Thursday at Tribeca Festival’s Paul McCartney talk with Conan O’Brien.