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Andy Sansom

DARK SECRETS: Fake drake and the weekend smash hit proves the world isn t ready for ai | Rare Historical Photos

Billboard Music Awards featuring Drake

In today’s world, nothing is as it seems. After Drake and The Weeknd seemingly released a new track “Heart on my sleeve”  it understandably blew up when two artists with a combined 170 million Spotify monthly listeners collaborated. But why was it released under an unknown name — Ghostwriter? Because it was completely fake. 

The track, which quickly amassed over 600,000 plays on Spotify and 15 million views on TikTok was in fact the result of AI-generated vocals trained on the singers’ voices. It has since been removed from both platforms. Other than just disappointing fans, the true origin of this song sets a dangerous precedent. 

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