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McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the Beatles害羞草研究所� voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter Jackson害羞草研究所檚 2021 documentary series, 害羞草研究所淭he Beatles: Get Back.害羞草研究所� The 害羞草研究所渘ew害羞草研究所� song is set to be released later this year, he said.
Jackson was 害羞草研究所渁ble to extricate John害羞草研究所檚 voice from a ropey little bit of cassette and a piano,害羞草研究所� McCartney told BBC radio. 害羞草研究所淗e could separate them with AI, he害羞草研究所檇 tell the machine 害羞草研究所楾hat害羞草研究所檚 a voice, this is a guitar, lose the guitar害羞草研究所�.害羞草研究所�
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McCartney didn害羞草研究所檛 identify the name of the demo, but the BBC and others said it was likely to be an unfinished 1978 love song by Lennon called 害羞草研究所淣ow and Then.害羞草研究所� The demo was included on a cassette labeled 害羞草研究所淔or Paul害羞草研究所� that McCartney had received from Lennon害羞草研究所檚 widow, Yoko Ono, the BBC reported.
McCartney described AI technology as 害羞草研究所渒ind of scary but exciting,害羞草研究所� adding: 害羞草研究所淲e will just have to see where that leads.害羞草研究所�
The same technology enabled McCartney to 害羞草研究所渄uet害羞草研究所� virtually with Lennon, who was murdered in 1980, on 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檝e Got a Feeling害羞草研究所� last year .
The singer-songwriter is set to open an exhibition later this month at the National Portrait Gallery in London featuring previously unseen photographs that he took during the early days of the Beatles at the start of 害羞草研究所淏eatlemania,害羞草研究所� when the band rose to worldwide fame.
The exhibition, titled 害羞草研究所淓yes of the Storm,害羞草研究所� showcases more than 250 photos McCartney took on his camera between 1963 and 1964 害羞草研究所� including portraits of Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Lennon, as well as Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
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