Constant Follower’s shock android warning at music awards over AI

Stephen McAll aka Constant Follower painted silverlike an android with a t shirt reading All Is Wel

A top Scots songwriter turned up to the Scottish Album of the Year Awards styled as a futuristic android pop star - in a dramatic warning against the rise of AI use in music. SAY Award nominee Stephen McAll, of experimental folk group Constant Follower, attended the £20,000 prize ceremony at Dundee’s Caird Hall with …

Musicians risk being ‘AI-brushed’ from history as fake bands flood streaming platforms

Group image of The Tumbling Souls band members gathered together in two rows

A group of acclaimed Scottish songwriters and performers has warned musicians risk being ‘AI-brushed’ out of existence unless urgent action is taken by the music industry and government to protect human creativity from artificial intelligence. Tumbling Souls - a Scots supergroup featuring members of 90s indie darlings Astrid, trad favourites Hò-Rò, and festival stalwarts Boys …