Ryan Murphy's The Andy Warhol Diaries Netflix trailer reveals the use of AI technology to re-create the iconic artist's voice

The six-part Netflix docuseries, directed by Andrew Rossi and produced by Murphy, received permission from The Andy Warhol Foundation to re-create Warhol's voice using artificial intelligence so that the late artist could "narrate" himself writing in the diaries. In order to create the voice, Rossi tells EW that he worked with the company Resemble AI to create a text-to-speech algorithm that would use Warhol's native Pittsburgh accent and cadence. Rossi then had actor Bill Irwin record the lines, and that performance was combined with the digital voice to come as close as possible to Warhol. "Andy Warhol was famously guarded about his personal thoughts and opinions," Rossi tells EW. "That's one reason his Diaries are such a rare and fascinating window; he could be incredibly raw and emotional as he talked to his diarist over the phone. To fully appreciate the radical vulnerability that Andy shares in the Diaries, I felt that we needed to hear the words in Andy's own voice."