AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery

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AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery

theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/03/ai-bot-farms-and-innocent-indie-victims-how-music-streaming-became-a-hotbed-of-and-fakery

Fraudsters use fake artists to juice royalties from streaming services – but real musicians are getting blamed. Might they be better off without Spotify et al?
There is a battle gripping the music business today around the manipulation of streaming services – and innocent indie artists…

This story appeared on theguardian.com, 2025-06-03 14:00:38.