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AI music is flooding streaming services — but who wants it?

The Verge / 5/3/2026

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Key Points

  • Generative AI’s early use in pop music began as a novelty, with notable albums like Taryn Southern’s “I AM AI” and Holly Herndon’s “Proto” showcasing heavy AI assistance.
  • The article traces how creators also experimented with tooling such as Google’s Magenta, expanding what artists could do with AI-generated sounds.
  • Despite growing production, the central question remains whether listeners actually want or value AI-generated music on major streaming platforms.
  • The piece frames AI music’s spread as an industry-level shift driven by experimentation, but with unclear consumer demand.
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How it started

The use of generative AI in pop music started almost as a gimmick. There was a sense of experimentalism to 2018's I AM AI by Taryn Southern and 2019's Proto by Holly Herndon, albums that were created with significant assistance from AI. Others got in on the action too, exploring the outer limits of tools like Google's Magenta and even training their own mod …

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