The Beatles use AI on upcoming album

Paul McCartney says AI was used on an upcoming “Beatles” record.

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00:00Sir Paul McCartney said artificial intelligence was used to extract John Lennon's voice from

00:04an old demo to create what he calls the last Beatles record.

00:08McCartney says he learned about the power of AI when working on Peter Jackson's 2021

00:12documentary series, The Beatles Get Back.

00:15Jackson was able to extract Lennon's voice from a cassette, which had his voice and a

00:19piano, and that AI was able to separate the two.

00:23For the final Beatles song, McCartney explained they put the demo through an AI program, which

00:28allowed them to mix the record as you would normally.

00:30He says they recently finished the song and that it will be released this year.

00:34When asked about the power of AI, McCartney says he finds it kind of scary, but exciting

00:38because it's the future.