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by leviathant 66 days ago
I have no doubt that those numbers have been inflated by AI powered marketing tools, dead internet theory style.
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Gigachad 66 days ago
Deezer had an analysis where they found almost all the listeners for AI music was fraud bots.
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cdrini 66 days ago
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/18/up-to-70-...

Up to 70% of streams of AI music on Deezer were fraudulent!

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justonceokay 66 days ago
Yes it should be easy to find people in one’s immediate social circle who are listening to these tracks if they are that popular. I’ll wait…
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podgietaru 66 days ago
Time for a cross, like the New York Times bestsellers.
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1970-01-01 66 days ago
Right. If we're not hearing these songs on the street, in a pub, etc. then it's just bots praising bots.
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