But combatting streaming fraud is a never-ending game of whac-a-mole that takes place, to varying degrees, across all streamers and all distributors, and focusing on any single mole can obscure the larger context. These episodes show the challenge of accurately reporting on the murky world of streaming fraud, where even the most basic information - how many tracks were impacted, what criteria were used to determine they were manipulated and how it compares to overall fraud levels - is often kept out of reach by tech companies. (Spotify has consistently said over the years that “stream manipulation is an industry-wide issue that” it treats “very seriously.”) The whole incident now seems to be less about any one company, and more like a natural part of streaming services’ ongoing efforts to prevent fraud from impacting payouts on their platforms. And then it turned out that Spotify had pulled down more music - that had nothing to do with Boomy, or AI - due to evidence of manipulation as part of a routine sweep a few days later. Then the narrative changed: Spotify said the “anomalous activity” was related to streaming fraud, not the fact that Boomy’s tools rely on artificial intelligence. The Boomy post was measured, the response less so: The company’s statement was initially viewed as confirmation that AI was causing more trouble amid a wave of anti-AI sentiment in the music industry. On May 1, Boomy, a music-tech company that allows users to create songs with help from artificial intelligence tools, posted to its Discord that new uploads were paused and “certain catalog releases” had been pulled from Spotify due to “potentially anomalous activity.” More than two years later, a variation of this episode played out again. Why Can’t Music Fix Its Fake Streams Problem?
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