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We're not at AGI yet, but AI can rap about data centers

Business Insider·Alistair Barr·22 days ago
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Sir Mix-A-Lot performs in California. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here . I spent a recent Friday afternoon doing something incredibly important for humanity: making an AI-generated rap about data centers. I'd logged into Google's Gemini for actual work, but got sidetracked by a shiny new music feature and, well, priorities shifted. The workflow was peak 2026: I needed to check who rapped "Baby Got Back" for a story . ChatGPT told me ( Sir Mix-a-Lot ), and I was gripped by a creative urge. "Recreate this famous rap, but make it about big data centers (and AI bubble concerns), rather than big butts," I wrote. Chat delivered lyrics in a few seconds. Then, remembering the Gemini music feature, I jumped across to that chatbot and piped in the lines. I asked for a nasty '80s rap vibe. What I got was Broadway-adjacent hip-hop with strong theater kid energy. Not quite Run-DMC .…

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