Bloomberg TV, MIT Technology Review, Wall Street Journal, etc, May-July 2015: Automated rap lyrics generator

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Description

A novel machine learning based method for automated rap lyric generation was developed at Aalto and University of Helsinki.

Computational creativity, machine learnig, language technology, natural language generation, rap, lyrics

Period	20 May 2015 → 3 Jul 2015

Title	The Algorithm Taking On Rap's Finest
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Bloomberg TV
Media type	Television
Country/Territory	United States
Date	03/07/2015
Description	Big-data researchers in Finland created an algorithm they say composes rap lyrics with 21 percent more rhymes than any human rapper. Bloomberg West put the program to the test against Chicago speed-style rapper Twista.
URL	www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-07-02/the-algorithm-taking-on-rap-s-finest
Persons	Eric Malmi, Hannu TT Toivonen

Title	Watch out Kanye, here comes RapBot!
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Daily Mail
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	25/05/2015
Description	Computer program can write its own hip hop lyrics - and may eventually sing them
URL	www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3096060/Watch-Kanye-comes-RapBot-Computer-program-write-hip-hop-lyrics-eventually-sing-them.html
Persons	Eric Malmi, Hannu TT Toivonen

Title	This Rapper’s a Machine
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	Wall Street Journal
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United States
Date	22/05/2015
URL	blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/05/22/this-rappers-a-machine/
Persons	Eric Malmi, Hannu TT Toivonen

Title	Machine-Learning Algorithm Mines Rap Lyrics, Then Writes Its Own
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	MIT Technology Review
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United States
Date	20/05/2015
URL	https://www.technologyreview.com/s/537716/machine-learning-algorithm-mines-rap-lyrics-then-writes-its-own/
Persons	Eric Malmi, Hannu TT Toivonen