{
  "id": 784370,
  "title": "‘I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/i-feel-like-im-at-war-are-we-losing-the-battle-against-machine-made",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T09:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2026/aug/13/ai-music"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button This year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated – some would even say disturbing – debate. That’s because we find ourselves asking not “What’s the song of the summer?” but rather “Is the song…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}