The Ballad of ‘Deepfake Drake’

<p>This month, an anonymous producer jolted the music industry by using artificial intelligence to impersonate the singers Drake and the Weeknd, creating a fake track, “Heart on My Sleeve,” that quickly went viral.</p><p>Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The Times, talks about how the song’s rise and fall could presage widespread changes in the way music is made.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/joe-coscarelli">Joe Coscarelli</a>, a culture correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/arts/music/ai-drake-the-weeknd-fake.html">A track like “Heart on My Sleeve”</a> may be a novelty for now. But the legal and creative questions it raises are here to stay.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/business/dealbook/artificial-intelligence-copyright.html">Who owns a song</a> created by A.I.?</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>