US Edition"Spokesperson" for Viral AI Band The Velvet Sundown Admits He Was "Hoaxing the Media”
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 4 – The Velvet Sundown hoax exposes challenges in AI music authenticity and copyright, with the band gaining over 850,000 monthly Spotify listeners amid industry protests and calls for legal reform.
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"Spokesperson" for viral AI band The Velvet Sundown admits he was "hoaxing the media”
A “spokesperson” for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown has admitted that he was running a hoax aimed at “the media”. READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there’s no point being ordinary It follows reports being shared last week that a seemingly AI-generated band had managed to rack up hundreds of thousands of monthly Spotify listeners in a very short period. Little was known about the group, but in less than a month, they managed to accumulate…
Does it matter whether music is composed by humans or artificial intelligence? This is a question that will be discussed a lot in the coming months, says musicologist Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen. The band The Velvet Sundown has released two albums on Spotify in just two weeks and listeners are quickly approaching one million. There has been a lot of discussion about it in recent days, especially the fact that the music is probably composed by artifi…
Fast Company: Is the Velvet Sundown an AI band? Many on the internet sure think so | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Fast Company: Is the Velvet Sundown an AI band? Many on the internet sure think so. “The Velvet Sundown is the most-talked-about band of the moment, but not for the reason you might expect. The ‘indie rock band,’ which has gained more than 634,000 Spotify listeners in just a few weeks, has spoken out in response to accusations that the group is AI-generated.”The post Fast Company: Is the Velvet Sundown an AI band? Many on the internet sure think…
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