The Ballad of ‘Deepfake Drake’

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.

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.

Guest: Joe Coscarelli, a culture correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• A track like “Heart on My Sleeve” may be a novelty for now. But the legal and creative questions it raises are here to stay.
• Who owns a song created by A.I.?

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