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"Not quite human. Not quite machine. The Velvet Sundown lives somewhere in between," the band's creator wrote in their ...
The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.
Remember The Velvet Sundown, that new Spotify group that people accused of being AI-generated? Welp, it turns out it's ...
Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...
This isn’t a trick – it’s a mirror. An ongoing artistic provocation designed to challenge the boundaries of authorship, ...
Aventhis, who doesn’t exist, has over a million monthly Spotify listeners. Everything appears to be in order – but it’s not.
In fact, The Velvet Sundown is one of a number of recent ‘bands’ that have exposed a massive loophole in the big music ...
The Velvet Sundown's owners have now confirmed it's an AI-generated band. A new disclaimer on the band's Spotify says the ...
An AI band called The Velvet Sundown reached 500,000 listeners on Spotify in weeks, but few people realized it was AI slop.
Whether that content counts as "art" depends on who you ask, but Spotify doesn't discriminate. A new band called The Velvet ...
The track’s success has intensified the ongoing debate on whether or not music streaming sites should label AI-generated ...
Drummer Greg Saunier explains the moral calculus behind leaving the biggest streaming platform.