That Ai-restored Beatles Song Won Grammy For Best Rock Performance

The Beatles personification won their eighth competitory Grammy assistance acknowledgment to a mini thief from artificial intelligence. The 2023 measurement “Now and Then” — which Billboard reports is nan first opus knowingly created pinch AI assistance to gain a Grammy information — was awarded Best Rock Performance connected Sunday, beating retired title from Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Idles, and St. Vincent.

The measurement was pieced together utilizing a demo that John Lennon recorded successful nan precocious 1970s, pinch Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison later providing their ain contributions successful nan mid-‘90s, pinch nan intent of including nan past opus successful The Beatles Anthology project. “Now and Then” wasn’t released, however, owed to method limitations astatine nan clip preventing Lennon’s vocals and soft from being separated from nan original lo-fi demo.

McCartney and Starr later managed to complete nan opus successful 2021 pinch thief from filmmaker Peter Jackson and his sound team, who developed machine-learning exertion (a type of AI that uses algorithms to study from data) tin of isolating and cleaning up different components of Lennon’s recording. This greatly differs from generative AI tech that tin beryllium utilized to create euphony that mimics an artist’s style and vocals, but upset astir AI terminology led to immoderate backlash online erstwhile nan measurement was released.

“To beryllium clear, point has been artificially aliases synthetically created. It’s each existent and we each play connected it,” McCartney said successful 2023, addressing speculation astir AI’s domiciled successful development. “We cleaned up immoderate existing recordings — a process which has gone connected for years.”