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Paul McCartney says there’s nothing artificial in new Beatles song made using AI

Paul McCartney performs in Detroit, Michigan in 2017.
‘It’s all real and we all play on it’ … Paul McCartney performs in Detroit, Michigan in 2017. Photograph: Scott Legato/Getty Images

Paul McCartney has clarified how artificial intelligence has been used to create a new Beatles song, saying that “nothing has been artificially or synthetically created”.

Last week, McCartney announced that he had employed AI technology on an unreleased Beatles demo from the 70s, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that AI had been used to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from a cassette recording of the demo.

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