r/Music • u/Kaiser_Allen • Jun 28 '25

music "There's not a shred of evidence on the internet that this band has ever existed": This apparently AI-generated artist is racking up hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams

https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/theres-not-a-shred-of-evidence-on-the-internet-that-this-band-has-ever-existed-this-apparently-ai-generated-artist-is-racking-up-hundreds-of-thousands-of-spotify-streams
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u/Mr_MacGrubber Rock & Roll Jun 28 '25

Whoever uploads the music still gets royalties right? The AI isn’t creating and uploading the music.

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u/Csenky Jun 28 '25

To be honest, we are pretty close to the point where we can't really disprove the existence of a sentient AI that does exactly that (among other things).

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u/lune19 Jun 28 '25

I am not sure. I know that Deezer recently took the decision not to pay royalties to AI generated content as it pollutes the space for musicians. Spotify didn't make any announcement as far as I am aware, but could be doing the same on the quiet side.

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u/rmphys Jun 28 '25

Kinda two-faced to say others shouldn't profit off AI, but then continue to profit off it themselves by not just fully removing them from the platform.