A scammer has managed to sell multiple leaked Frank Ocean tracks for thousands of dollars, but the tracks weren’t recorded by the famous R&B singer-songwriter. The tracks were made with AI and sold as leaked tracks on a bustling community of underground music collectors, according to Discord messages and forum posts reviewed by Motherboard, as well as interviews with victims and the scammer themselves.
The news shows another example of the seismic impact AI is having on the music industry. In this case a scammer is preying on fans and music collectors who are desperate for new and unreleased music from one of the industry's biggest, most reclusive stars.
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