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As audio-focused generative tools<\/a> and platforms have gotten more sophisticated<\/a>, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music<\/a> whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content immediately own up to using AI<\/a>, others have denied using the technology<\/a> until increasing public scrutiny forced them to tell the truth<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For musicians – especially those creating art in technologically-focused spaces like electronic dance music – the increasingly complicated question of what is “real” and what isn’t feels particularly urgent and personal \u2026<\/p>\n

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