'AI slop': Emily Portman and musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name

Last month, award-winning singer Emily Portman got a message from a fan praising her new album and saying "English folk music is in good hands".

"But I didn't recognise it because I hadn't released a new album," Portman says.

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BBC: Fans loved her new album. The thing was, she hadn’t released one. “The 10 tracks had names such as Sprig of Thyme and Silent Hearth – which were ‘uncannily close’ to titles she might choose. It was something that [Emily] Portman, who won a BBC Folk Award in 2013, found ‘really creepy’. When she clicked to listen, the voice – supposedly hers – was a bit off but sang in ‘a folk style […]

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