The Beatles ‘new’ single ‘Now and Then’ proves AI can make you profoundly sad

I’m near tears. I just listened to the AI-constructed Beatles song, Now and Then. Built from recovered vocals, new tracks, and some machine learning that may or may not have artificially created John Lennon’s voice, the single is unmistakably Beatles, and also the most haunting (or haunted) thing I’ve listened to in ages. I blame AI, I blame the surviving Beatles, and I blame my easily manipulated heart.I grew up listening to the Beatles. Sure, the band broke up

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