The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that ...

A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon. “We understand ...

The real person behind Andrew Frelon is an expert on web platform safety and policy issues, with extensive experience using generative AI. He was born in the United States but lives in Canada.

On Saturday, July 5, an indie rock band called The Velvet Sundown admitted to be AI-generated and not a real one through a social media post and by also updating its Spotify bio.

This isn’t a trick – it’s a mirror. An ongoing artistic provocation designed to challenge the boundaries of authorship, ...

A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been "too fascinating" to turn away from.A man using the pseudonym ...

Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...

First, a new AI-generated psych rock "band" called the Velvet Sundown became popular, as of this writing earning close to 900 ...