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The 404 Media Podcast · Jul 23, 2025 · 44 min

Spotify Is Publishing AI Tracks of Dead Artists

We start this week with Emanuel's wild story about Spotify publishing AI generated tracks that look like they come from artists' official accounts. One problem: those artists died a long time ago. After the break, Joseph tells us about a company that is selling data hacked from computers to debt collectors. In the subscribers-only section, we talk all about the Astronomer CEO and its privacy implications. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/lFYyNOWVJV0 404 Media Live in Los Angeles Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We start this week with Emanuel's wild story about Spotify publishing AI generated tracks that look like they come from artists' official accounts. One problem: those artists died a long time ago. After the break, Joseph tells us about a company that is selling data hacked from computers to debt collectors. In the subscribers-only section, we talk all about the Astronomer CEO and its privacy implications.

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/lFYyNOWVJV0

Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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