Despite making some moves to address the proliferation of AI-generated audio on its platform, Spotify failed to catch a copycat making imitations of music by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The long-running experimental rock band from Australia, has been a vocal critic of Spotify and was one of several artists that took their music class=”link ” href=”https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-08-08/king-gizzard-at-the-bowl” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:off the platform;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>off the platform in the summer. The move was in response to the class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/daniel-ek-is-stepping-down-as-spotify-ceo-161519791.html” data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:discovery;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>discovery that outgoing CEO Daniel Ek was a leading investor in an AI-focused weapons and military company….
