Mike Shinoda says he's more skeptical than ever about AI.

The Linkin Park co-founder answered a fan on Discord who wrote "Mike no pls no AI." His reply: "I played with different AI things for a little while to see what I thought. These days, I'm not a big fan." Shinoda said the only time he really uses it now is looking up things to do in a city or researching a subject. "But in the bigger picture, the news about those companies is very disturbing. It's nuanced, but I'm personally more skeptical than ever on it." It's a shift for Shinoda, who Variety listed among the investors and advisers of the AI music startup Authentic Artists when it launched in 2021.

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