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Creator Stories

YACHT Fed Their Own Back Catalog to a Machine and Sang What Came Out

YACHT converted their entire back catalog into MIDI, fed it to a machine learning model, and spent three years assembling songs out of what came back. The album still sounds like YACHT.

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Dadabots Trained a Neural Net on Death Metal and Never Turned It Off

CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski fed raw death metal audio to a neural network, put the output on a livestream, and left it running. Most of their models failed. They published the failures too.

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Holly Herndon Trained an AI on Her Own Voice, Then Gave It Away

Holly Herndon spent six months getting boring results out of a neural network she built in her studio. Then she trained one on her own voice and gave it away to strangers.

The Frog Mage Makes Dark Fantasy Memes, Original Music, and Very Little Explanation of How

The Frog Mage has built a dark fantasy world across Instagram, TikTok, and Spotify — memes, official music videos, and a Runway AI partnership.

Sound Isn't Song

Sound Isn't Song

AI music can fill the silence—but not the feeling. But we're in the early days.

Should Spotify Lead the Next Era of AI Music?

Should Spotify Lead the Next Era of AI Music?

Spotify wants to define what “responsible AI in music” looks like — a noble claim from a company long accused of devaluing artists’ work.