Afro-Chilean artist Nekki has been spreading her anti-racist message through her reggae-rap lyrics for years, but recently, she feels like she is being blocked from reaching a wider audience. She blames artificial intelligence. Music streaming platforms have become so crowded with bot-built beats that it’s becoming harder for humans to stand out, she said, leaving artists fewer listeners and less money. “It’s a new form of danger disguised as technological innovation,” she told Rest of World. Breaking through the noise to find an audience has always been tough in music, but AI is now making it nearly impossible, musicians in Latin America say. AI-generated tunes are crowding streaming platforms, and they don’t discriminate — there is AI-generated music for all genres of Latin music, including bachata, merengue, and dembow. The music isn’t great, but it still sucks away limited streaming income from real artists. The speed and volume of new AI music is now exhausting human artists and distracting listeners, said people in the Latin music industry.

Full report : How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music.