LONDON, England – Paul McCartney has announced that he will be working on new Beatles tracks using artificial intelligence. In the wake of the group’s recent hit “Now and Then,” which began as a demo that John Lennon never finished, McCartney said that he would use the same sort of digital engineering to make new songs.

“It’s the sort of thing that Natalie Cole did back in the ‘90s,” McCartney said, referring to the song “Unforgettable,” which was a duet between Cole and her father, Nat King Cole, with the latter’s part being a studio recording from decades earlier.

McCartney said that acclaimed film director Peter Jackson had uncovered some rare outtakes during the making of his documentary The Beatles: Get Back. “He found these tracks of just John singing and strumming his guitar,” McCartney said. “John must have gone in there in the middle of the night. It’s all old stuff, of course, but I’m going to make it bright, shiny, and new by adding new lyrics for me.”

McCartney said that he would be returning to Abbey Road Studios to put down tracks of his new singing, which the studio would meld with the lost Lennon tracks to create a set of new duos. McCartney said the first new song would be “You’re Somewhere, Man,” a sequel to “Nowhere Man.” Also in the works are sequels to “I’m a Loser,” (tentatively titled “Everyone’s a Winner”) and “Revolution” (not yet titled).

McCartney had no immediate comment on whether he and remaining bandmate Ringo Starr would agree to a holographic concert along the lines of what ABBA did with the Voyage show a few years ago, although he said he wouldn’t rule it out.

Starr, who recently released a new country album, Look Up, said that he wouldn’t be taking part in the new McCartney duos and certainly wouldn’t be appearing as a digital avatar anytime soon. “I’m still around, you know?” he said.