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The Velvet Sundown Confirm Their Music Is AI-Generated
The Velvet Sundown, who we suspected were an AI-generated band, have admitted to being an AI-generated band. The statement ...
There will never be a hot AI-generated band. Or will there? Many say there already is
AI-generated music seems to be passing another milestone. Are we on the road to public acceptance of music made by robots?
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 ...
Is it AI? New rock band grows in popularity to 500K listeners, appears to respond
The suspected AI band has been shrouded in mystery as its popularity grew to more than 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
Mysterious band The Velvet Sundown soars in popularity, fuelling AI music debate
A mysterious rock band that may not be a band at all has soared in popularity on music streaming sites, raising fresh ...
Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy
Original story follows: Dust on the Wind, Drift Beyond the Flame, and End the Pain, are all songs by the hot new band The ...
What the Tech: AI impacts on music
AI is flooding the platforms like Spotify, and it’s making real money. Based on current royalty estimates, Velvet Sundown has ...
The Velvet Sundown’s shaggy retro-rock has attracted 750,000 listeners — but is it all an AI hoax?
The band supposedly behind two new albums of 1970s-style AOR have proved impossible to track down in real life ...