Piaf

Sixty years after her death, Édith Piaf’s voice will be re-created using AI to narrate her biopic.As reported by Variety, Warner Music Group (WMG) has partnered with the Piaf estate to produce the feature-length film Edith. Artificial intelligence has been trained to replicate Piaf’s voice by feeding it hundreds of voice clips, with WMG promising the resultant re-creation will “further enhance the authenticity and emotional impact of her story”.Animation will be used to provide “a modern take” on the La Vie en Rose…

“Animation will provide a modern take on her story,” the music company says French singer Édith Piaf will become the subject of a new animated biopic, using AI to generate her voice and image 60 years after her death, Warner Music Group announced. The film, Edith — which was made in collaboration between Warner Music, Piaf’s estate, and production company Seriously Happy — is set in Paris and New York from the 1920s to the 1960s. Piaf’s AI-generated voice will narrate the film and will include…

Singer Edith PiafKeystone-france | Gamma-keystone | Getty ImagesWarner Music plans to use artificial intelligence to recreate the voice and image of French artist and singer Edith Piaf, nearly 60 years after her death, the company said Tuesday.The efforts are part of the production behind a biopic about Piaf, titled "Edith."News of the project comes as Hollywood grapples with anxiety over AI. It was a major point of contention in the recent writers' and actors' strikes, with the unions and studios clashing over guardrails…