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The Velvet Sundown, a band with significant Spotify success, is facing allegations of being AI-generated amidst a series of hoaxes.
Within 24 hours of Frelon's own blog post, the band's owners updated the Spotify bio to confirm it is an AI-project for the first time. So far, the real owners have remained anonymous.
In a statement on its Spotify page, The Velvet Sundown distanced itself from Frelon, stating the band has "no affiliation with this individual, nor any evidence confirming their identity or existence.
A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that ...
A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been "too fascinating" to ...