
A Welsh Band Spent a Decade Building a Fanbase — An AI Imitator Outpaced Them in Two Months
AI band Bleeding Verse cite Holding Absence as an influence — and they have more monthly listeners on Spotify than the human band

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AI band Bleeding Verse cite Holding Absence as an influence — and they have more monthly listeners on Spotify than the human band

The rap veterans tell us about their AI-assisted Menulog campaign, which earned an ARIA nomination but hasn't pleased a lot of people

Spotify will welcome properly labeled AI music, but reveals it removed 75 million "spammy" AI tracks over the last 12 months

Rod Stewart’s bizarre tribute to Ozzy Osbourne - AI images of Osbourne and other dead singers - has instead been met with criticism and ridicule

Nick Cave said Andrew Dominik's video for 'Tupelo,' which uses AI to animate photos of Elvis Presley, has changed his mind about the tech a bit.

Velvet Sundown topped the charts before listeners realised the band was AI-generated, now it's a website dedicated to AI education

SZA slams excessive use of AI in recent Instagram Story posts calling out the environmental racism and pollution perpetuated by AI programs

They’re changing their conception plans based on the AI's advice — despite some privacy concerns

In an update to their Spotify bio, viral AI "band" the Velvet Sundown call themselves an "ongoing artistic provocation."

AI band's Spotify page also now denies 'spokesperson' Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group