Talking to AI agents is one thing — what about when they talk to each other? New startup BAND debuts 'universal orchestrator'

For the past eighteen months, the corporate world has been obsessed with the "builder" phase of the generative AI revolution. Enterprises have raced to deploy autonomous agents to handle eve [...]

Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy

New Spotify sensation The Velvet Sundown appears to be an entirely AI-generated band, even down to their album covers and music [...]

A viral band on Spotify is probably AI — but there’s no label to tell you

AI slop songs are flooding Spotify — and the latest hit is by an indie rock band called The Velvet Sundown. The track’s success has intensified the ongoing debate on whether or not music streaming [...]

Apple and Spotify are sleepwalking into an AI music crisis – and The Velvet Sundown mess shows they need to act fast

Spotify and Apple’s AI blind spot: The Velvet Sundown is a warning on the dangers of AI music. [...]

Meta Ray-Ban Display review: Chunky frames with impressive abilities

I've been wearing the $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses daily for ten days and I'm still a bit conflicted. On one hand, I'm still not entirely comfortable with how they look. I've [...]

Spotify is doing more to address AI 'slop' on its platform

Spotify has announced a set of policy changes surrounding AI-generated music and spam on its streaming platform. The company is helping to develop an industry standard for AI disclosure in music credi [...]

The best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2025

Have you ever found yourself wandering around your home, phone in hand, trying to find that one spot where the Wi-Fi actually works? If your internet slows to a crawl in certain rooms or drops out ent [...]

What we listened to in 2025

If streaming services’ year-in-review campaigns have shown us anything, it’s that we’ve spent a staggering amount of time drowning out the hum of everyday life with music, podcasts and audio ser [...]

Is the Velvet Sundown an AI band? Many on the internet sure think so

The viral band popped up seemingly overnight, leading many to wonder whether its members are even real. [...]