{
  "id": 14296868,
  "title": "Musician Raye reveals the scale of reseller AI bots buying up concert tickets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/musician-raye-reveals-the-scale-of-reseller-ai-bots-buying-up-concert",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T20:42:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/tech/raye-reveals-the-scale-of-scalper-ai-bots-buying-up-concert-tickets"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "British singer-songwriter Raye was set to perform an intimate one-night concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London next week. The venue can accommodate 5,000 attendees, but the online sign-up process was overwhelmed by resellers and AI bots, leading to the creation of hundreds of thousands of fake registrations for the event. Raye, who expected thousands of genuine sign-ups, acknowledged that this was a new scale of bot activity she had never encountered before. In response, she has decided to manually review the sign-up list and send a pre-sale link and code only to individuals she believes are real fans. Raye expressed her concern that this issue highlights the need for a long-term solution to the reselling problem, which has plagued ticketing for concerts, tours, and sporting events.",
  "summary": "The artist Raye is sharing her experience with resellers and AI bots after trying to sell tickets to her fans for a special show.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Raye says Royal Albert Hall gig sign-up was 'overwhelmed' by ticket touts using AI bots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/raye-says-royal-albert-hall-gig-sign-up-was-overwhelmed-by-ticket",
        "published": "2026-10-13T20:34:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}