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Who Are The Velvet Sundown? What We Know About AI Band
A band called The Velvet Sundown has launched a debut album on Spotify, and the group has quickly racked up over a million ...
AI ‘Band’ the Velvet Sundown Officially Confirm They’re AI — and a ‘Provocation’
In an update to their Spotify bio, viral AI "band" the Velvet Sundown call themselves an "ongoing artistic provocation." ...
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AI-Generated rock band surprises Spotify fans
The Velvet Sundown, a rock band with over one million Spotify listeners, recently revealed that it is entirely generated by artificial intelligence.
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 ...
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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.
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'We're AI,' popular indie rock band admits
An indie rock band with more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify has owned up to being an AI-generated music project ...
An indie band is blowing up on Spotify, but people think its AI
Suno was one of two AI companies sued last year by major record labels — including Universal Music Group, Sony Music ...
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.