Two years ago, Daughtry released “ Artificial ,” a single that took full-throated aim at AI culture: “Plug into the new you/Don’t resist ’cause it’s no use, it’s no use/It’s digital warfare/The death of who we are is right here.” Little did the band, especially frontman Chris Daughtry , know how relevant that song would be two years later — which Daughtry made clear on social media last week.

For months, social media sites, Facebook in particular, have been deluged with fake AI photos and memes of rock stars supposedly visiting each other in hospitals, embarking on tours that don’t exist, and paying tribute to deceased celebrities onstage. At least one major artist hired a company to scour the internet for such posts and have them taken down.

Not wanting to draw more attention

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