Will.i.am Taps IBM Watson Technology to Build His Own Creative Platform

The award-winning artist is using AI for creative collaboration

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Multihyphenate will.i.am does not sit idle for long.

Seeing the creative challenges faced during pandemic lockdowns, the singer, songwriter, producer and tech entrepreneur embarked on a mission: develop a digital platform to help creatives and creators manage their businesses all in one place.

So was born the platform FYI (For Your Ideas). It went live in May. It’s described as the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) Web 3.0 messenger utilizing WatsonX technology from a partnership with IBM Cloud.

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