When we identify or are alerted to potential cases of stream manipulation, we mitigate their impact by taking action that may include the removal of streaming numbers and the withholding of royalties,” a Spotify spokesperson told MusicTech.

“Artificial streaming is a longstanding, industry-wide issue that Spotify is working to stamp out across our service. Read this next: Grimes says she will give 50% of her royalties to any AI-generated music using her voice On May 6, Boomy Tweeted that its releases by the applications artists had been “re-enabled” on the streaming service with the statement: “Supporting our artists and creators who use the Boomy platform is our top priority, and we greatly appreciate your patience these past few days.” The AI music application claims to create “original songs” which were uploaded to Spotify last week before the streaming service blocked its content over allegations of “stream manipulation”, Music Tech reports. Spotify has reinstated tracks from Artificial Intelligence (AI) generator Boomy after allegations it was “fake streaming”.

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