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Stop the Slop: Sir Lucian Brings the Hammer Down

“are being polluted by AI content that synthetically imitates that emotional impact.”

— Hits Daily Double

What happened

UMG executive Sir Lucian Grainge said uploads of fully AI-generated tracks have gone from roughly 10,000 a day in early 2025 to more than 90,000. On blues charts, he said, fictional AI-generated artists now appear above songs by Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Johnnie Taylor.

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