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The Velvet Sundown: The band that’s not quite Human, not quite machine.

5 February - 39 mins explicit
Podcast Series Chameleon

They were a hot new band and storming up the charts. But something seemed off about Velvet Sundown. Was this the work of AI? When someone behind the band came out denying it, this looked like mystery solved. But this was only the beginning of an internet hoax with many layers.

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