Something not in the article, but perhaps related, was something that happened to the AI “singer”’s creator: Jermaine Townsend. He was blacklisted from music platforms like Spotify for his song The Patriot that he sang at the Jan 6 Veterans for Trump rally. It’s possible that he created his tech alter ego to get around that blacklisting.
Interesting. I put his name into the search line in Brave browser and got this [AI-generated answer, please verify critical facts]...
Jermaine Townsend is the name associated with multiple individuals, including a U.S. Air Force veteran and Mississippi native named Christopher Jermaine Townsend, who is also known by the moniker Topher.
This individual is the creator behind Solomon Ray, an AI-generated gospel artist whose music reached No. 1 on iTunes, sparking significant discussion within the Christian music community.
Solomon Ray is not a real person but a digital creation developed by Christopher Jermaine Townsend to explore the use of artificial intelligence in worship music.
Townsend has stated that the project was not intended to replace human artists but to expand the reach of the Gospel through innovative tools.
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By the way, I hadn’t heard about a “Jan 6 Veterans for Trump rally”. That’s not the one on January 6, 2021, is it?