YouTuber Funk Turkey has made a new fake Nirvana song using A.I. programming. It's Turkey's latest endeavor following a flurry of other mock tracks mimicking the likes of AC/DC, Metallica and Nickelback, to name a few. The song is called "Smother," a three-minute concoction of Nirvana-esque tropes that attempts to mirror the legendary band's distinctive personality. Turkey notes in the video's description, "using lyrics.rip to scrape the Genius Lyrics Database, I made a Markov Chain write Nirvana lyrics." Generating lines like "I could eat your heart-shaped box for food" and "You never lost control," the lyrics reappropriate familiar keywords from some of Nirvana's biggest hits.

A YouTuber has used artificial intelligence to create a fake Nirvana song. The final result is a three-minute track called "Smother", which is… kind of a banger? User Funk Turkey is behind the creation, which follows his other AI tracks in the style of AC/DC (cleverly renamed AI/DC), Red Hot Chili Peppers (AKA Red Bot Chili Peppers), and Nickelback (or: Nickelbot). Discussing "Smother" in the track's description, Funk Turkey explains that he used lyrics.rip He added: "All music/vocals performed, mixed, and mastered by me, in my kitchen, on a sparkly red cheap Stratocaster, a crappy mic, and an old copy of ProTools."

A YouTuber has used artificial intelligence to write a fake Nirvana song -- you can listen to the end result, 'Smother', below. YouTuber Funk Turkey is behind the creation, having used a similar methodology recently to create fake "new" songs by AC/DC, Metallica and Nickelback. Funk Turkey explained in'Smother"s accompanying description that they used lyrics.rip The YouTuber then performed, mixed and mastered the music and vocals "in my kitchen, on a sparkly red cheap Stratocaster, a crappy mic, and an old copy of ProTools". You can hear the end result, 'Smother', below. Speaking about programming the drums using'Superior Drummer 2', Funk Turkey added: "I know Dave Grohl hates computer drums but it's the best thing I got, soooo… Sorry Dave.

DENVER – A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who told Congress the agency was using unauthorized wait lists for mental health care in Colorado has resigned, saying he was subjected to retaliation for speaking out. Brian Smothers told The Associated Press Wednesday the VA had opened two separate inquiries into his actions and tried to get him to sign a statement saying he had broken VA rules. Smothers also said the VA reassigned him to an office with no computer access, no significant duties and no social contact. He called the VA's actions punitive and his working conditions intolerable. He said he resigned as of Tuesday.