The new year brings changes to Tennessee schools’ curricula as lesson plans will soon cover social media and internet safety.
Local newsrooms grapple with AI’s role in journalism
The emergence of artificial intelligence is prompting changes in several industries, including journalism, as they contemplate how to utilize the new technology.
AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics
An AI-generated country song, “Walk My Walk,” recently topped Billboard’s country digital song sales chart. It’s credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust, but the vocal style is based on Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown.
Key Changes: An AI landmark, more deepfakes, and MTV changes in this week’s music news
On a global scale and here in our backyard, the music industry is evolving at a dizzying pace. “Key Changes” is a quick-hit music news roundup.
Songs of Love writes personalized music for kids — but can AI carry the tune?
For nearly 30 years, the nonprofit Songs of Love Foundation has created custom songs for kids with terminal illnesses. Now it has harnessed AI to expand its services to older adults with memory loss.
If AI in music sounds like sci-fi, this Nashville law professor is the expert to explain the latest
AI-powered tools in music-making have proliferated. So have lawsuits brought by record labels and publishing companies. It’s contentious territory that’s still large unregulated, and in many ways, unprecedented.
Senate strikes AI provision from GOP bill after move by Blackburn
A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.
NashVillager Podcast: Tech’s influence on the classroom
Is generative AI a boon or a burden for education? Plus the local news for August 6, 2024.
With help from AI, Randy Travis got his voice back. Here’s how his first song post-stroke came to be.
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.
NashVillager Podcast: Competing strategies for improving education in Tennessee
How would Mayor O’Connell’s transit proposal affect bike infrastructure in Nashville? Plus your local newscast for May 6, 2024.
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