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The Beatles are releasing one more song, thanks to AI’s “source separation” technology, the Associated Press reported. The record, which was created by extracting John Lennon’s voice from an old demo from 1978, is slated to be released this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC. While the name of the original title is unknown, it could be from an unfinished love song called “Now and Then.”
The singer called the use of artificial intelligence “scary but exciting” as it allowed him to duet with his former bandmate during the Glastonbury Festival, decades after Lennon’s murder. It consists of separating the human voice from instruments on a track in order to create new songs.
Egyptian artists gave that a go last month: Composer Amr Mostafa used AI to bring backUmm Kalthoum’s voice back to life in what he dubbed a cultural revival project — with significant repercussions pertaining to IP rights and ethical concerns. Whether Mostafa used “source separation” as is speculated in Lennon’s case or deep fake technology is unclear.
Egyptian authorities are going to mummify the shark that killed a Russian national in Hurghada last week, The Independentreported. The shark — which was captured and killed following the incident — was handed to researchers to try and assess whether its behavior can be explained by a pattern that may reoccur in the near future. So far, scientists have recovered some of the victim’s remains from the female tiger shark’s intestines and are preparing it to be displayed at the Egyptian National Institute of Marine Sciences’ museum, the Daily Mail said. Authorities said this is the typical course of action with species that are only caught or hunted in similar circumstances, according to Sky News Arabia.
Atypical, but not unprecedented: The vicious attack claimed the life of 23-year-old Vladimir Popov as he tried to escape the sea animal on the shores of the popular Red Sea resort. By the time rescuers got to him, it was already too late to save his life. Last year, a similar incident claimed the lives of two tourists: An Austrian woman and a Romanian one were mauled merely days apart in Hurghada, according to The Guardian.
