Pop singer Lorde slammed Spotify’s AI ‘About the Song’ feature, claiming it’s full of nothing but false details — and now subscribers are starting to catch on
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When artists publicly call out AI-generated metadata as wrong, the product stops being a delight and starts eroding trust in the whole surface. If you’re shipping AI explanations or context, invest in provenance and human review — hallucinated “facts” about creative work are a fast path to user backlash and rights-holder friction.
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