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Deepfake case study · Audio

Drake and The Weeknd deepfake (Aug 2025)

A song used AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission. Universal Music Group invoked copyright violations, leading to its removal from Spotify and other platforms.

Incident date
Aug 2025
Target
Drake and The Weeknd
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read

A song used AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd without the artists' permission. Universal Music Group invoked copyright violations, leading to its removal from Spotify and other platforms.

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