Trending Now Say More Look Up In My Bag Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook AI at School Safety Net All Series The problem is bad -- but you already knew that. Now, one artist is showing exactly how out of control it's gotten. Matt Binder joined Mashable's tech vertical in 2018, where he covers social media, tech policy, cybersecurity, online scams, cryptocurrency, AI, creator news, weird tech, and other related tech beats. Raye is sharing her experience with scalpers and AI bots after attempting to sell tickets to her fans for a special show. Raye is a British singer-songwriter who planned on holding an intimate one-night concert for her fans next week.

Raye hits back at ticket touts who'overwhelmed' sign-up for Albert Hall show Raye has hit back at ticket touts who she says overwhelmed the sign-up process for an upcoming live show by using AI bots to create hundreds of thousands of fake registrations. The Where Is My Husband! singer revealed there were 1.8 million sign-ups for her one-off 5,000-seat performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October. To avoid a pre-sale which she felt scalpers could exploit, Raye said the sign-up list had been manually reviewed to identify a shortlist of people believed to be real fans. The award-winning artist said she had never witnessed bots on this scale and was changing the process as it is so important to her that fans can buy tickets at the face value price. I'm not sure what the future holds for ticketing, I do know this experience has really opened my eyes, she said in a statement shared on her social media accounts, external .

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