Artificial intelligence revives Umm Kulthum's voice

Artificial intelligence revives Umm Kulthum's voice

5 decades after the death of the singer Umm Kulthum, the famous Egyptian singer and composer Amr Mostafa decided to revive Umm Kulthum's voice using artificial intelligence technology, by releasing a new song for her composed by him.

Mustafa promoted the song, which is scheduled to be released during the next few period, through his official accounts on social media, and published a short clip of the song and commented: “For 24 years, I have presented many melodies to the stars of the Arab world, and recently with the development of technology and artificial intelligence, I would like to hear if Planet of the East Mrs. Umm Kulthum sang, composed by Amr Mostafa. What will be the result?

Although a large number of audiences and followers interacted with the video, expressing their enthusiasm to hear the full song, the story sparked a crisis, and one of the producers objected to repeating the songs using artificial intelligence, explaining that no one dared to use this technology to evoke the voice of the planet East.

For his part, the famous singer Amr Mostafa said in an interview with Al-Arabiya.net that the voice presented in the song was produced by artificial intelligence, and this was clarified on the clip in order to preserve rights. He added that the words used in this clip are not owned by the producer who objected to the song, just as the melody is not owned by him either, and the voice is the voice of AI, “So what right does he speak?”

He added that he would complete this project with other art giants, directing his speech to those who attacked him by saying: “Those who claim to preserve the heritage, they did not preserve the heritage of the living in order to defend the dead.”

And he continued, “They kept silent about the works of art that belong to them, including melodies that were performed by mahraganat singers, such as the song Al-Alam Allah and the song Habibi La.”

Mustafa warned that in the event that the artistic works of his own works are not deleted from the websites, he will take the necessary measures and invalidate all his concessions to authors and composers, and he will go to the Public Prosecutor to preserve his rights.

It is reported that Kawkab Al-Sharq Umm Kulthum died in Cairo on the third of February 1975 after a long artistic journey.

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