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AI-generated fake bands are quietly taking over your playlists

AI-generated fake bands are quietly taking over your playlists

Ellsworth Toohey
Jun 17, 2025
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Ever fallen in love with a band that never existed? A El País article reveals how AI-generated music is infiltrating our streaming platforms – often without us knowing it.

Take "Rumba Congo" by Concubanas, a band with a rich (and entirely fictional) history dating back to 1971. Their Cuban-Congolese fusion music soun…

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