When looking at the streaming concoctions of smart speakers. I quickly noticed the increase of so called 'mood' music playlists, aimed at providing backgrounds for sleeping, studying, working, concentrating, cooking, vanity, etc. Unclear if any of this works. But the user, including myself, is quick to bite and try. And a slightly manipulated search can quickly get you there. I was not the first to notice this. Even giants like Spotify can create such 'fake' music.
One company is already commissioning a version of 'Happy birthday to your name', for every possible given name. Starting with the most common. The one for 'Matthew' has already been included in 400,000 playlists. What is 'fake' is debatable. Perhaps written by machine and performed by studio artists. Or created out of bits and snippets of real music. Or created in its entirety by AI. Regardless, cheaper to license than music by real artists, and much less expensive than from real, famous composers and artists. Will we ultimately have to specify detect and specify 'real' music?
The accusation against Spotify in particular is written about in the NYT. And an article about related efforts in Vulture.
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