US Radio Station Introduces AI-Powered DJ, RadioGPT
The world’s first-ever full-time DJ powered by artificial intelligence (AI) has been featured on a radio station in the US, making history.
Alpha Media’s KBFF Live 95.5 FM in the US has used Futuri Media’s RadioGPT software to create an AI/synthetic version of its midday host Ashley Elzinga for its midday show, reports Fox Business.
“Radio GPT gives us the opportunity to showcase our content creators more and more frequently and gather more up-to-date, timely and reliable information for Alpha audiences and customers than was previously possible,” Alpha Media Chief Content Officer Phil Becker said.
He said artificial intelligence will make the radio station “more nimble than ever.”
Last week, the radio station posted a tweet in which Elzinga shared its new AI host with its listeners.
In the video, you can hear the host’s comments being repeated by artificial intelligence as if it were a live recording.
“I guess I have an off day,” Elzinga jokes.
In another video, AI Ashley told the caller that they had won tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. The AI voice sounds uncannily similar to the host it’s modeled after, and is conversational and relaxed.
The station insists it won’t be replacing the real Ashley, allaying the concerns of many local DJs, and that Elzinga will continue to receive her regular salary, according to the report.
Meanwhile, music streaming platform Spotify has launched an AI feature called “DJ” for premium customers in the UK and Ireland.
This feature was first made available to premium subscribers in the US and Canada in February.
