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The Velvet Sundown changes Spotify bio, gives AI update
Remember The Velvet Sundown, that new Spotify group that people accused of being AI-generated? Welp, it turns out it's ...
Spotify hit band The Velvet Sundown comes clean on AI
Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...
Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band
Whether that content counts as "art" depends on who you ask, but Spotify doesn't discriminate. A new band called The Velvet ...
AI Music Company Suno Hires Former Atlantic Records GM Paul Sinclair As Chief Music Officer
Suno, one of the most prominent AI music generation companies in the industry, has hired former Atlantic Records general ...
Apple and Spotify are sleepwalking into an AI music crisis – and The Velvet Sundown mess shows they need to act fast
In fact, The Velvet Sundown is one of a number of recent ‘bands’ that have exposed a massive loophole in the big music ...
Music Business Worldwide6d
The AI music problem on Spotify (and other streaming platforms) is worse than you think
Aventhis, who doesn’t exist, has over a million monthly Spotify listeners. Everything appears to be in order – but it’s not.
The Next Web6d
A viral band on Spotify is probably AI — but there’s no label to tell you
The track’s success has intensified the ongoing debate on whether or not music streaming sites should label AI-generated ...
Deerhoof did not want its music ‘funding AI battle tech’ — so it ditched Spotify
Drummer Greg Saunier explains the moral calculus behind leaving the biggest streaming platform.