A petition started by Hiatus Kaiyote member Paul Bender is calling for digital streaming platforms to introduce a reliable authentication system to stop fraudulent AI-generated music uploads.

As Bender, who also performs in The Sweet Enoughs, explained in the Change.org petition‘s description, “x 4 songs that were not created by me, had nothing to do with me, and sounded like AI slop, were uploaded to my artist profile ‘The Sweet Enoughs’ on digital streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Youtube Music etc)” earlier this year.

“I went through a agonising process of having them removed from my artist profile. The process took over 8 weeks to get any action from streaming platforms – helped along presumably by publicly shaming and media coverage,” he continued.

The problem, according to Bender, is that absolutely anyone can upload music to existing artist profiles without proper verification, which can lead to AI-generated tracks being falsely attributed to legitimate artists.