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2 days agoYour favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
AI-generated songs and art are being uploaded to streaming platforms to impersonate dormant or deceased musicians, creating spam and enabling monetization abuse.
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Valve has now provided that, 'Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers, in particular, certain kinds of adult-only content' should not be published on Steam.