Paul McCartney has revealed that a new and final Beatles song, created using artificial intelligence, will be released later this year. McCartney explained that he used new technology to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo and complete a song that had remained unfinished for decades. The idea to reconstruct the demo using AI came from Peter Jackson’s documentary “Get Back,” where custom-made AI was used to separate the Beatles’ voices from background noise. This process allowed McCartney to “duet” with Lennon during his recent tour and for new surround-sound mixes of the Beatles’ Revolver album. The upcoming release is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called “Now and Then,” which was originally recorded on a cassette tape labeled “For Paul.” The use of AI in music production has raised controversy, but McCartney sees it as both scary and exciting, acknowledging that it represents the future
