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      Grimes says anyone can AI-generate her voice “without penalty”

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 24 April, 2023 - 20:49 · 1 minute

    Grimes attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021 in New York City.

    Enlarge / Grimes attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 13, 2021, in New York City. (credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

    On Sunday night, Canadian musician Grimes tweeted that she would split 50 percent royalties on "any successful AI generated song" that uses her voice, reports The Verge . As an independent artist, Grimes says anyone can use her voice without penalty. "I have no label and no legal bindings," she says.

    Her announcement comes after controversy over an unauthorized song featuring AI-generated vocals of Drake and The Weeknd that went viral earlier this month. Shortly after its reveal, the song got pulled from YouTube and other social media platforms under unclear circumstances, which The Verge reports could have been a botched fan tribute or a marketing stunt.

    Grimes is no stranger to the AI and tech cultural scene, having written music about AI and tweeted about the subject frequently. In February, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted an unlabeled photo of himself with Grimes and AI critic Eliezer Yudkowsky. Grimes also shares two children with her former partner Elon Musk, who recently signed a letter urging the slowdown of AI model development.

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      Lily-Rose Depp et The Weeknd à l'affiche de "The idol", la nouvelle série du créateur d'"Euphoria"

      news.movim.eu / HuffingtonPost · Monday, 18 July, 2022 - 14:20 · 2 minutes

    Lily-Rose Depp et The Weeknd à l'affiche de la nouvelle série de Sam Levinson, Lily-Rose Depp et The Weeknd à l'affiche de la nouvelle série de Sam Levinson, "The idol".

    SÉRIE - “L’histoire d’amour la plus sordide d’Hollywood”. Ce dimanche 17 juillet, HBO Max a dévoilé les premières mages de The Idol , avec Lily-Rose Depp et The Weeknd en tête d’affiche. En plus d’y tenir un rôle clé, le canadien est également à l’origine de la série, aux côtés de Sam Levinson, le créateur d’ Euphoria , nominée 16 fois aux Emmy Awards 2022 .

    Lily-Rose Depp y incarne une jeune chanteuse pop entamant une romance avec le propriétaire d’un club de Los Angeles, mais également un gourou d’un culte secret (The Weeknd). L’actrice franco-américaine a rapidement partagé le teaser de la série “créée par les esprits malades et tordus de Sam Levinson et The Weeknd”, écrit-elle en légende de la publication Instagram .

    Un air d’“Euphoria”

    L’histoire se cachant derrière ce trailer reste encore floue, mais la vidéo indique déjà une illustration des dérives de l’industrie musicale. Accompagnées par le titre “Planisphère” du groupe français Justice, les images défilent rapidement et traduisent l’identité visuelle du réalisateur.

    En seulement 1 minute 30, Sam Levinson impose une esthétique qui lui est propre, et que l’on retrouve largement dans la série Euphoria, dont la première saison est sortie en 2019. Dans une ambiance sombre et des visuels bien singuliers, le cinéaste y expose entre autres les problèmes d’addiction, de violences sexuelles, les relations toxiques, la sexualité et les problèmes familiaux d’un groupe d’adolescents.

    L’actrice américaine Zendaya y incarne une lycéenne toxicomane fraîchement sortie de désintox. Sa performance a d’ailleurs été saluée par la critique, et lui a valu l’Emmy Awards de la meilleure actrice en 2020. La série a rencontré un immense succès aux États-Unis mais également en France, et est devenue la série la plus tweetée de la décennie.

    Composée de six épisodes, The Idol , elle, sera disponible sur HBO Max “prochainement”, mais aucune date de sortie n’a été dévoilée pour le moment. Au casting, on retrouvera également Troye Sivan, Suzanna Son, Steve Zissis et Juliebeth Gonzalez.

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      Where To Watch the Weeknd’s Super Bowl Half-Time Performance if You Missed It Live

      pubsub.dcentralisedmedia.com / LifehackerAustralia · Monday, 8 February, 2021 - 04:58 · 2 minutes

    As you’re likely aware at this point, the 2021 Super Bowl is done and dusted for another year. You may have watched it live, or you may have missed it entirely, considering it kicked off in the middle of a Monday for us Aussies.

    If you fall into that second camp, you may be wondering where you can find all the highlights of the event. Good news for you, there is the option to watch back the game in full through sports streaming services.

    Where can I find the highlights?

    However, if you just want quick bites of the best bits, you’ll probably find YouTube and Twitter are going to be your best friends today. The NFL’s official YouTube channel has shared clips of the best parts of the game for you to enjoy here . Don’t worry, I won’t include any spoilers. But be warned: many of these clips from the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers showdown give away the results right off the bat.

    How can I watch The Weeknd’s performance?

    Once again, NFL’s official YouTube channel is a good spot to find free access to the half-time show. The Weeknd’s full performance, which featured hits like ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ and ‘Blinding Lights’ can be found here:

    Clips have also been shared to Twitter if you’re only after a taster:

    Why was everyone wearing bandages on their faces?

    If you’ve watched The Weeknd’s performance, you may have noticed that all of his dancers wore bandages over their faces. It was kind of terrifying.

    Fans of The Weeknd will likely know that the musician has used bandages as a part of his art before. During the AMAs, he used makeup and bandages on his face to give off the impression he had undergone plastic surgery. On this move, he told Variety , “The significance of the entire head bandages is reflecting on the absurd culture of Hollywood celebrity and people manipulating themselves for superficial reasons to please and be validated.”

    So, I suppose that trend was laced through his Super Bowl half-time show, too.

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