Tracks from AI music company Boomy were removed, but streamers take down songs all the time, regardless of whether AI is involved.
More than two years later, a variation of this episode played out again. On May 1, Boomy, a music-tech company that allows users to create songs with help from artificial intelligence tools, posted to its Discord that new uploads were paused and “certain catalog releases” had been pulled from Spotify due to “potentially anomalous activity.”
The Boomy post was measured, the response less so: The company’s statement was initially viewed as confirmation that AI was causing more trouble amid a wave of anti-AI sentiment in the music industry. Then the narrative changed: Spotify said the “anomalous activity” was related to streaming fraud, not the fact that Boomy’s tools rely on artificial intelligence.
The whole incident now seems to be less about any one company, and more like a natural part of streaming services’ ongoing efforts to prevent fraud from impacting payouts on their platforms.
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