ADWEEK, Code and Theory, and ElevenLabs Are Bringing You an AI Radio Station at Cannes
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An AI radio station at Cannes blurs the line between human creativity and machine curation — and forces us to ask who (or what) is really the author.
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Theory Briefing
- ADWEEK is powering ai.rwaves, a live AI radio station at Cannes Lions, using its own editorial articles as the content feed.
- ElevenLabs' voice synthesis transforms written journalism into broadcast audio, collapsing the traditional roles of writer, editor, and host into one algorithm.
- The experiment puts Cannes' creative elite face-to-face with automation theory — asking whether AI is a tool, a collaborator, or a replacement for human media makers.