By Ashley King, Digital Music News | Despite making efforts to address the widespread presence of AI-generated audio on its platform, Spotify failed to catch an imitator of Aussie prog rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The band have been vocal critics of Spotify, and along with several other artists, pulled their music from the platform over the summer. Now, Spotify is speaking out after having removed the copycat.
King Gizzard announced removing its music in response to outgoing CEO Daniel Ek’s investments in an AI-focused military company. But a Spotify subscriber on Reddit pointed out being recommended what appeared to be an AI-generated copy of one of the band’s most popular songs in Spotify’s Release Radar playlist.
The fake artist was called King Lizard Wizard, and its page contained an album full of tracks sharing titles with songs by the original band, using their original lyrics.
The profile and its music have since been taken down, while a Spotify rep provided the following statement on the matter to DMN: “Spotify strictly prohibits any form of artist impersonation. The content in question was removed for violating our platform policies, and no royalties were paid out for any streams generated.”
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