r/Music • u/ebradio • Jul 21 '25

music Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/
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u/Dead-O_Comics Jul 21 '25

I'm about halfway through my Discover Weekly for this week, so far 3 songs are AI generated.

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u/noodlyarms Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

Is there any good give-it-away clues for this when they randomly pop up in the que? 

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u/Dead-O_Comics Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

The songs are pretty formless, and a lot of them don't end, they just stop dead, with a slight echo.

Here's two examples - Notice that the single artwork is a generic template and both exactly a minute thirty long:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0p1A3VVzFlLofoTNfRhw78?si=c7vgPZs4TGSOFppi9k9zOA

https://open.spotify.com/track/3CGLWDqekGf8aLlFYYOdj4?si=gnCkcvnASe--6nB7BeIrkA

I have more examples but honestly, I don't want to give them the listen counts.

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u/Ghost51 Concertgoer Jul 21 '25

I'm not opening those links lest my Spotify mark it as me taking an interest in them lol.