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Raye reveals the scale of AI bots buying up concert tickets

The problem is bad — but you already knew that. Now, one artist is showing exactly how out of control it's gotten.

Tarun Mottlia

Via Mashable

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Raye reveals the scale of AI bots buying up concert tickets
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Raye is a British singer-songwriter who planned on holding an intimate one-night concert for her fans next week.The event's venue has capacity for 5,000 attendees. There were 1.8 million sign-ups for tickets. It sounds like a good problem to have, right? Having that many fans? One problem. The vast majority of those sign-ups were AI bots, according to Raye, run by profit-seeking resellers hoping to make money off her fans."This Symphony May Contain Hope" is a planned one-night live concert…

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