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A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...
Apparent hoaxer Andrew Frelon also provided this new "picture" of the "band" - Credit: Courtesy of Velvet Sundown A Velvet ...
The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...
A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...
Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...
AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown fooled 500k Spotify listeners with fake personas, exposing streaming platform's ...
The Velvet Sundown, an indie psych rock band with a verified profile on Spotify, has been accused of releasing music ...
Its name is even similar to The Velvet Underground, the legendary experimental rock band once led by guitarist Lou Reed.There ...
The person behind a "band" that sparked a heated debate for heavily relying on generative AI has finally admitted the truth.
According to (someone claiming to be) ‘band’ spokesperson and 'adjunct member' Andrew Frelon, the whole thing is an ‘art hoax ...
After an "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown refused to admit that its output was AI slop, the outfit is now singing ...
The Velvet Sundown, a band that has garnered over 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and faces AI allegations, has been ...