Your new favorite artist doesnāt exist. AI creator Dallas Little put three songs in the iTunes top five under a fake singer named Eddie Dalton, who has never drawn a breath, missed a rehearsal or signed a bad record deal.Ā
Completely legal. Platforms donāt care.
š± A CISAC study says musicians could lose 24% of their income to AI by 2028. Thatās not simply a prediction. Deezer already flags 10,000 AI-generated tracks every day. Real artists getting ghosted by actual ghosts.
I should have more sympathy. My parents gave me piano lesson money every week, and I walked straight to the 7-Eleven instead. Came home playing āTwinkle, Twinkleā for a year. Dad finally said, āPiano is not your thing. And no more 7-Eleven.ā At least I was honest about my talent. Eddie Dalton isnāt. Give it a listen.