AI MUSIC FLOODS STREAMING—DEMAND UNCLEAR
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Generative AI music is proliferating across streaming platforms, but listeners and industry players show little enthusiasm for the trend. What began as experimental novelty in 2018 has evolved into a flood of algorithmically-generated content.
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