And, as I noticed all of the places where these ghost artists would pop up—in my home page recommendations, personalized search results, algotorial mood mixes—and I read their made-up names, made-up bio pages (often touting the “healing” and “wellness” properties of their generic drones), even sometimes fake social media pages, it also just started to feel like a straight-up problem of misinformation and media degradation, issues that were only going to grow more insidious as the functional music trend opened the door for generative AI music makers to walk right in.
