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With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here’s how his first song post-stroke came to be.

Maria Sherman, AP

May 11, 2024

With artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis has his voice back. In 2013, the Travis was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy and later suffered a stroke. He now has aphasia, a condition that limits his ability to speak. It’s why his wife Mary Travis assists him in interviews. It’s also why he hasn’t released new music in over a decade, until now.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Associated Press, country music, music

AI music isn’t going away. Here are 4 big questions about what’s next.

jewly hight

April 25, 2024

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Tennessee just passed the first U.S. law regulating generative AI in music. But the technology, adept at copying real artists’ voices and styles, is moving too quickly for one law to keep up with.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: AI, Artificial Intelligence, music, NPR

‘How do I move more people?’: As Nashville aims for major transit funding, data efforts are already happening to improve trips

Cynthia Abrams

April 1, 2024

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As Nashville works to overhaul its transit system through a referendum this November, other efforts to improve WeGo’s efficiency are already in the works.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: AI, CARTA, Chattanooga, public transit, transit agencies, transit study, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, WeGo

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