Viral band finds itself at the centre of AI claims and hoaxes

The Velvet Sundown's indie ballads, with guitar music and male vocals, is fairly easy, if bland, on the ear. With lyrics such as "eyes like film in faded light, dreams walk barefoot into the night" and "ash and velvet, smoke and flame, calling out in freedom's name", it could all feasibly be either AI-generated or penned by humans. Deezer, a rival music streaming platform, said that its AI detector tool had flagged the music as being "100% AI generated". Spotify did not respond to a request for comment. CEO Daniel Ek has previously told the BBC that he did not intend to ban AI-generated music from the platform but added that he did not agree with using the tech to mimic real artists.