US EditionAI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics
AI-generated track 'Walk My Walk' credited to a fictional avatar mirrors Grammy-nominated Blanco Brown’s style, sparking debates on music ownership and industry ethics, Billboard reported.
- On Billboard's country digital song sales chart this month, a white digital avatar named Breaking Rust was credited for an AI track using Blanco Brown's vocal style, Brown says he learned only after friends messaged him.
- Industry experts say AI has democratized music creation without guardrails, with systems like Suno and Udio producing chart-ready vocals but leaving attribution and consent unclear.
- Streaming platforms show credits naming Aubierre Rivaldo Taylor as songwriter and producer on 'Walk My Walk,' while Brown says his phone flooded with messages, and the AP could not reach Abraham Abushmais.
- Brown released his own cover last week and plans a reworked version on Monday; Brown's management says the case challenges the legal and ethical void around AI music.
- Labels have sued Suno and Udio over training models without permission, while some have negotiated licensing deals; Shelton 'Shelly' Berg says AI lacks live performance depth, and an observer remarked, `Man, somebody done typed your name in the AI and made a white version of you.
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When a country song generated by artificial intelligence, called Walk My Walk, reached first place in Billboard's digital country music sales ranking this month, it was attributed to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust – a white avatar created digitally that did not exist two months ago.
"Walk my walk" became the first artificially created work to top a Billboard chart. So what can stop the robot takeover? Perhaps the most reviled thing we have, writes DN's Kristofer Ahlström.
Blanco Brown Claims Breaking Rust, The AI-Generated Artist That Topped Country Digital Sales Chart, Is Based On Him
Blanco Brown believes that an AI-generated song that’s recently been making waves in the music industry actually belongs to him… in a way. You’ve surely heard about the AI-generated song that topped the Billboard Country Digital Songs Sales chart, right? Whiskey Riff reported that a track titled “Walk My Walk,” by an artist called Breaking Rust, had seemingly fooled the masses. It’s a complete AI creation all around – from the artist, to the mus…
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