July 4, 2025
Velvet Sundown, or, How Scared Should We Be of AI Music?
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and AnalysisAbout this episode
A new band called Velvet Sundown appeared on Spotify with two albums and hundreds of thousands of listeners, but has no evidence of real members or a history online. Music sites note that the music sounds like it could be generated by AI tools, while the band insists it is real. NLW explores the big question: does it matter if it IS AI? Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to https://kpmg.com/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions. Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months AGNTCY - The AGNTCY is an open-source collective dedicated to building the Internet of Agents, enabling AI agents to communicate and collaborate seamlessly across frameworks. Join a community of engineers focused on high-quality multi-agent software and support the initiative at agntcy.org Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw Plumb - The automation platform for AI experts and consultants https://useplumb.com/ The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown Interested in sponsoring the show? nlw@breakdown.network