AI Jukebox creates 'deepfake' songs, imitating dead pop stars

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to create new'deepfake' pop songs that sound like they're being performed by dead musicians, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie and Michael Jackson. Jukebox, created by California-based company OpenAI, is a neural network that generates eerie approximates of pop songs in the style of multiple artists. The neural network generates music, including rudimentary singing complete with lyrics in English and a variety of instruments like guitar and piano. OpenAI has created a expansive library of new tracks, imitating a diverse selection of artists, including the Beatles, Nirvana, Katy Perry, Simon and Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Ed Sheeran, as well as deceased heroes that almost appear to be brought back to life. Most of the samples have a bizarre, faraway quality to them, as if they're poorly produced demos from the 1950s that haven't seen the light of day until now.