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AI bands signal new era for music business

Spotify's Artificial Intelligence DJ announcer, Xavier X Jernigan's shadow, is pictured as he attends the presentation of the latest Spotify tool in Mexico City on July 17, 2024. [AFP]

A rising tide of artificial intelligence (AI) bands is ushering in a new era where work will be scarcer for musicians.

Whether it's Velvet Sundown's 1970s-style rock or country music projects "Aventhis" and "The Devil Inside," bands whose members are pure AI creations are seeing more than a million plays on streaming giant Spotify.

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