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A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...
First, a new AI-generated psych rock "band" called the Velvet Sundown became popular, as of this writing earning close to 900 ...
The Velvet Sundown's owners have now confirmed it's an AI-generated band. A new disclaimer on the band's Spotify says the ...
The Velvet Sundown, via Instagram . The Velvet Sundown burst onto the music scene in early June and in the space of just a ...
The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...
A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon. “We understand ...
To no one's surprise, the fakery has now been confirmed. Band members Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion "Rio" ...
In an era where algorithms dictate our playlists and artificial intelligence churns out art like a factory, The Velvet ...
A "band" that sparked a heated debate for heavily relying on generative AI — and still somehow accumulating over half a ...
The Velvet Sundown, an indie psych rock band with a verified profile on Spotify, has been accused of releasing music ...
The AI band The Velvet Sundown, who currently have over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, have officially admitted - in a ...
The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...