AI country hit ‘Walk My Walk’ built on Blanco Brown’s sound sparks questions of attribution, ethics

Billboard

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When an AI-generated country song called “Walk My Walk” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s country digital song sales chart this month, it was credited to a fictional artist named Breaking Rust — a white, digitally generated avatar that didn’t exist two months ago. But the song’s vocal phrasing, melodic shape and stylistic DNA came from someone who does exist: Grammy-nominated country artist Blanco Brown , a Black music artist who has worked with Britney Spears , Childish Gambino and

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