Deepfake Drake + HatGPT + Ben Smith on the End of the BuzzFeed Era

<p>A song featuring A.I.-generated versions of Drake and the Weeknd went viral — before being taken down by streaming services. Is censorship of A.I.-generated songs the way forward? Or can singers benefit from synthetic voices, as some artists like Grimes are suggesting?</p><p>Then, HatGPT: Kevin and Casey pull headlines out of a hat and generate their own takes on the news.</p><p>And Ben Smith, the former BuzzFeed News editor, discusses the end of the 2010s digital media era.</p><p><strong>On today’s episode:</strong></p><ul><li>Ben Smith is a journalist and co-founder of the digital media company Semafor. He was a New York Times media columnist and the first editor in chief of BuzzFeed News.</li></ul><p><strong>Additional reading:</strong></p><ul><li>An <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/arts/music/ai-drake-the-weeknd-fake.html" target="_blank">A.I.-generated song made to sound like Drake and the Weeknd</a> went viral before being taken down by streaming services.</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171738670/grimes-ai-songs-voice" target="_blank">Grimes</a> invited fans to make songs using A.I.-generated versions of her voice.</li><li>Snapchat saw a spike in one-star reviews after <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/24/snapchat-sees-spike-in-1-star-reviews-as-users-pan-the-my-ai-feature-calling-for-its-removal/" target="_blank">users criticized its “My AI” feature</a>.</li><li>Taylor Swift <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/taylor-swift-was-the-only-celeb-too-smart-to-fall-for-ftx.html" target="_blank">did not invest in FTX</a>, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange company.</li><li>Researchers turned a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/science/goldfish-brain-computer-navigation.html" target="_blank">goldfish into a cyborg</a>.</li><li>The Republican National Committee <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/rnc-slams-biden-re-election-bid-ai-generated-ad" target="_blank">released an A.I.-generated ad</a> slamming President Biden.</li><li>The <a href="https: