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A folk musician became a target for AI fakes and a copyright troll

Nobody's talking about AI voice cloning hitting indie musicians. Folk artist Murphy Campbell just discovered AI-generated covers of her songs uploaded to Spotify under her name.

Reporting by The Verge AI 1 min brief
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Why it matters

This case highlights the emerging threat of AI voice cloning to content creators and the inadequacy of current copyright systems to protect against AI-generated impersonation, signaling broader challenges for the creative economy.

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4 to know

  1. AI-generated covers uploaded to Spotify without artist consent

  2. Two AI detectors confirmed songs were likely AI-generated

  3. Songs pulled from YouTube performances to create unauthorized AI covers

  4. Case involves both AI impersonation and copyright trolling

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Publisher excerpt: Murphy Campbell is at the center of a brewing storm around AI and a broken copyright system. | Image: Murphy Campbell In January, folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered several songs on her Spotify profile that did not belong there. They were songs that she had recorded, but she'd never uploaded…
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