AI Music Brings the Sound of Scammers to Spotify
Robot clicks for robot tracks are a growing problem for streaming services.
When the machines rock.
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“Mahogany Flex,” “Afternoon Nap” and “Tropical Taste” sound like bad cocktail ideas that never made it past the napkin stage. But they’re just a selection of the musical styles offered by artificial-intelligence app Boomy, which conjures up ready-made tracks for users in a matter of seconds— and which has become the latest target of record labels’ fight against “fake” music.
The industry’s issue with Boomy — which claims to have helped create 14.6 million songs, or 14% of all recorded music — is somewhat different to the sneaky deepfakes directly ripping off the likes of Drake and the Weeknd with chilling accuracy.