Musicians-turned-detectives are hunting for AI grifters

<figure> <img alt="A digital illustration depicting Nihil Young and Max “H4RRIS” Harris." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Cath Virginia / The Verge, Max Harris, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/268714_finding_and_shaming_AI_grifters_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,85.33125,89.314310632479" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">As <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/979345/suno-studio-2-0-midi-chatbot-custom-effects">audio-focused generative tools</a> and platforms have <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976636/suno-will-start-scanning-outputs-for-copyright-infringment">gotten more sophisticated</a>, the internet has become increasingly filled with <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/tyga-admits-ai-starface-album-1236311004/">AI-generated music</a> whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/17/nx-s1-5431544/timbaland-ai-music-suno-stage-zero-tata-generative">immediately own up to using AI</a>, others have <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/976801/fenix-flexin-rubberz-ai-song-treblo">denied using the technology</a> until increasing public scrutiny <a href="https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/fenix-flexin-admits-use-ai-rubberz/">forced them to tell the truth</a>. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">For musicians - especially those creating art in technologically-focused spaces like electronic dance music - the increasingly complicated question of what is "real" and what isn't feels particularly urgent and personal …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/985866/h4rris-nihil-young-edm-suno-ai">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>