Technology
When AI gets weird, the weird turn pro
AI is changing the world. But that doesn’t mean it knows where it’s going.
02 December 2025
$3MN. If you’re looking for a good payday, it’s time to get prompting, because that is what R&B sensation Xania Monet got for her first record deal. Specifically, it’s what her creator, Mississippi poet Telisha Jones, earned because Xania isn’t real. Her look and music are created with GenAI platform Suno, a fact that hasn’t stopped her from gaining millions of song streams and a Billboard-charting single.
I wonder if Sam Altman and Elon Musk had Xania in mind when they founded OpenAI to stop AI from being evil? How much things have changed, and 2025 revealed what a rollercoaster ride this is going to be.
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