--- title: "AI-Generated Grimes Song Dissing Elon Musk Fools Newsweek" description: "A former Vine star has used Grimes' AI to diss her famous ex and highlight the pitfalls of the burgeoning technology." date: "2024-08-30" modified: "2024-08-30" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/grimes-ai-elon-musk-diss-magazine" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "ai music" - "elon musk" - "grimes" - "the digest" --- # AI-Generated Grimes Song Dissing Elon Musk Fools Newsweek ![A former Vine star has used Grimes' AI to diss her famous ex and highlight the pitfalls of the burgeoning technology.]() *\Image: Elijah Daniel\* ## AI Like It A [former Vine star]() has used Grimes' AI to diss her famous ex and highlight the pitfalls of the burgeoning technology. As [*Rolling Stone* reports](), rapper and influencer Elijah Daniel enlisted the help of [Claire "Grimes" Boucher's]() Elf Tech AI to "feature" her on his new track "Nuisance" — and didn't tell anyone ahead of time that the voice in the [teaser posted to TikTok]() was AI-generated. "I been that bitch, you know you wanna. I got the vision, call me Wanda," Boucher's emulated voice is heard mumbling in the song. "Fuck a Tesla, I like a Honda. And fuck an X, double entendre." Perhaps best known for [getting arrested by Secret Service]() after throwing a glittery two-foot dildo at Donald Trump during one of the former president's 2016 rallies , Daniel is no stranger to trolling. For this stunt, which marks the influencer's return to social media after [losing his mother to COVID-19]() in 2021 and [his own epilepsy diagnosis](), Daniel enlisted not only the help of Grimes' AI, but also a lookalike friend who bears an uncanny resemblance to the two-time Elon Musk baby mama. In the video posted to Daniel's TikTok account earlier in the week, not-Grimes is seen walking around with the influencer. At one point, the pair walk up to a white Tesla as the lookalike flips it the bird with both hands. https://www.tiktok.com/@elijahdaniel/video/7408359114855927086?lang=en ## Resounding Success The AI troll worked so well, *RS* notes, that [*Newsweek* initially thought it was legit]() — though again, having used both Grimes' real voice from her AI and featuring someone who looks just like her in his now-viral teaser, Daniel set that one up pretty well. "Everything that I do is generally so outrageous and stupid that it would make sense for me to do it, but I wanted to see how many people would believe it off the bat," the 30-year-old shock jock told *RS*. "People will just kind of automatically assume it’s real." Given how successful the trolling effort worked — and we have to admit here we were taken in as well when we first saw the clip — Daniel's latest [viral sensation]() has clearly made his point for him. "I would love to say the majority of people are smart enough to not fall for AI misinformation," he told the magazine, "but they’re falling for human misinformation so I’m not sure adding a supercomputer behind it is going to help." Thus far, neither Musk nor Grimes have responded to the song or its video — though given [how enthused Boucher was]() about prior uses of Elf Tech, she just might endorse it. **More on Elon's most famous ex:** [*Grimes Comes Out in Support of Elon Musk's Daughter He Publicly Attacked*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()