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ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus Working on an AI-Assisted Musical

Having conquered holograms, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus revealed that he’s writing a musical using another cutting edge (and controversial) technology, AI.

Having already found success with holograms, ABBA ’s Björn Ulvaeus has revealed that he’s writing a musical with help from another cutting-edge (and controversial) technology, AI. While Ulvaeus didn’t go too in detail about the musical, he said that his work on the project was three-quarters finished, and clarified that he was employing AI as “another songwriter in the room” as opposed to letting the tech just formulate entire songs. Ulvaeus embrace of AI comes at a time when many of his musical peers are voicing their concern about the technology: In May, over 400 artists — including Elton John, Dua Lipa, Kate Bush, and Paul McCartney — signed a letter calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to update U.K. copyright laws in the face of AI.

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