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Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop | How fake music targets real artists.

“That was upsetting to me, because if you have ears, you can definitely hear it’s not our music.”

Some kind of AI slop had been uploaded to HEALTH’s artist page on Spotify, one of three fake albums that would appear under their name that weekend. Streaming platforms like Spotify don’t work like your Facebook page — Mena and other artists aren’t logging in and adding albums to their accounts directly. UMG alleges that artists such as “Kendrik Laamar,” “Arriana Gramde,” “Jutin Biber,” and “Llady Gaga” are among those Believe uploaded — suggesting a strategy of attempting to capture streams from users who had simply typoed.

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