Spotify responds after legendary musicians transformed into waifus with AI songs

Spotify has removed AI-generated anime 'waifu' profiles and songs that had overtaken the accounts of legendary jazz musicians William 'Sonny' Criss, Jean Carne, Red Nichols, and Jimmie Noone, stating it 'continue[s] to invest heavily in detection and prevention.' YouTube Music and Amazon Music also faced the issue, with YouTube Music still hosting the anime profiles as of writing, while Amazon Music has addressed it. The incident follows Spotify's mid-August announcement of an 'AI persona' badge to flag AI-generated artists.

A number of legendary musicians have had their Spotify and YouTube music profiles overtaken by AI waifus, with Spotify responding to the situation. However, YouTube has yet to iron things out. Over the years, plenty of musicians have had their social media accounts hacked and turned into something else. This usually sees the names and profile pictures being changed, as well as links to scams being posted. With the rise of AI, platforms have also had to deal with new songs being credited to dead musicians https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/spotify-is-reportedly-publishing-ai-tracks-from-dead-musicians-3229812/ now, too. It creates plenty of confusion for genuine fans, and those who are just stumbling onto someone new thanks to recommendations. https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/spotify-responds-as-their-ai-dj-is-actually-a-real-person-you-can-meet-3401570/ Well, over on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music, a number of famous Jazz musicians have been targeted by AI anime waifus, as their profiles have been overhauled into something a little different. Spotify addresses waifu takeover of jazz profiles As spotted by Futurism https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/spotify-youtube-music-jazz-musicians-ai-waifu-spam , William “Sonny” Criss, Jean Carne, Red Nichols, and Jimmie Noone had been overwhelmed by the waifu spam at one point or another. As well as having an anime profile photo, Criss’ profile had new songs credited to it, again with wafius used as the cover art. While Jean Carne hasn’t been hit by the waifus, the vocalist has had new AI-generated tracks and cover art credited to her too. Spotify told Futurism that the issues had been ironed out, and that they “continue to invest heavily in detection and prevention.” Back in mid-August, the streaming platform confirmed they would add an ‘AI persona’ badge https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/spotify-finally-has-new-feature-to-flag-ai-artists-after-months-of-requests-3397573/ to any artists who were more AI-generated than human. The feature has been requested by fans for quite some time. The platform does have a badge for ‘verified’ humans too https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/spotify-finally-has-new-feature-to-flag-ai-artists-after-months-of-requests-3397573/ , which should help with some of the confusion. As of writing, the anime profiles are still live on YouTube Music, while Amazon Music has followed Spotify in addressing the problem.