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"This doesn't align with our values or our submission requirements": The Velvet Sundown have been banned from the Future Sound Awards, which celebrate "the responsible use of AI in music"

Ai band.

Fake AI band Velvet Sundown have been banned from the Future Sound Awards, the self-styled ‘Grammys for AI music’.

The ‘band’ was described in a statement to MusicRadar as "a multidisciplinary artistic project blending music, analog aesthetics, and speculative storytelling." This was after they had accrued hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners on Spotify after appearing in several prominent playlists.

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