A song that sounds prefer it was launched by Justin Bieber, with lyrics saying the singer “lost myself at a ‘Diddy’ party,” has racked up hundreds of thousands of views throughout social platforms together with TikTok, X and YouTube. Researchers inform CBS News the song was likely created utilizing artificial intelligence.
The song first surfaced throughout platforms in April, with one TikTok video amassing 7 million views. It just lately went viral after Sean “Diddy” Combs was charged final week with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution. Combs has denied the fees.
Lyrics embody, “Wasn’t worth all the fortune and fame” and “I was in it for a new Ferrari, but it cost me way more than my soul.” The song seems to reference allegations of sexual abuse and different misconduct at Combs’ residences.
There is no file of Bieber releasing the song and it doesn’t seem in his catalog. Representatives for Bieber didn’t reply to CBS News’ request for remark. Bieber was signed by Combs’ protégé, Usher, in 2008.
Many social media customers identified the song appears to sound prefer it was created with AI; others appeared to imagine the song was launched by Bieber. The song has been used in additional than 4,500 TikTok movies alone, CBS News discovered.
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Google Trends data exhibits searches for the phrases “Bieber” and “Diddy” collectively peaked from late March to early April, across the time the song started circulating on social media, and searches for the 2 artists peaked once more when the song started recirculating in late September.
Expert opinion
CBS News ran the song by means of a number of AI audio detection instruments; a number of outcomes indicated the audio, or not less than elements of it, had been likely AI-generated.
In addition, Stephen Stahl, co-founder of Ai-SPY, an AI audio detection device, advised CBS News he believes the song is probably AI-generated. Stahl mentioned somebody likely wrote the lyrics and melody, then uploaded it to a web site and used a clone of Justin Bieber’s voice to create the song.
“AI is [going to] be able to help anybody create a song easily, quicker, more efficiently,” Stahl mentioned. “The downside is that everybody will be able to create a song. So talent is no longer a prerequisite to construct a great song.”
Zohaib Ahmed, CEO and founding father of Resemble AI, an AI detection firm, advised CBS News his firm’s device discovered the song is likely AI-generated.
Combs’ music catalog noticed a jump in streams following his indictment, with a mean 18.3% improve the week of his arrest in comparison with the earlier week, in keeping with trade information and analytics firm Luminate.
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