Will.i.am is launching an AI-influenced interactive radio platform.
The rap star — who is best known for his success with the Black Eyed Peas — has announced plans to launch RAiDiO.FYI, a new radio service that will feature AI presenters.
“We are turning the airwaves into interactive blended media. It’s more than just tunes; it’s a new dimension of connection,” the company website explains.
“RAiDiO.FYI is where hits, insights, data and dynamic dialogue leap directly from either into your speakers, crafting an audio experience tailor-made for you,” the statement continued.
The website also explains the role that AI will play on the platform.
“Encounter AI-driven hosts that do much more than chitchat and drop tracks; they curate the news, knowledge and wisdom bites you crave and interact with in real time,” RAiDiO.FYI says.
What’s more, it’s been suggested that RAiDiO.FYI will “reimagine radio the way the iPhone did for the telephone.”
Despite this, will.i.am previously voiced his concerns over the influence of AI on the music business.
“We all have voices, and everyone’s compromised because there are no rights or ownership to your facial math or your voice frequency,” the rap star said on SiriusXM.
Will.i.am — who has invested in various tech products over the years — suggested that AI technology could easily undermine musicians.
“You’re getting a FaceTime or a Zoom call and because there’s no intelligence on the call, there’s nothing to authenticate an AI call or a person call,” he said.
“That’s the urgent thing, protecting our facial math. I am my face math. I don’t own that. I own the rights to ‘I Got A Feeling,’ I own the rights to the songs I wrote, but I don’t own the rights to my face or my voice?” will.i.am questioned.
