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This article centers on a specific controversy regarding an AI music generation tool (Treblo) used by a rapper, making it primarily about machine learning applications in content creation rather than general entertainment or consumer tech. The narrative focuses entirely on the verification of synthetic media and the shifting stance of creators toward adopting these tools.
Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

That cover art is almost certainly AI too. | Image: Fenix Flexin It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song "Rubberz." His comments follow the producer Medasin's videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly Sonauto) was used to make the song, and the company releasing an AI detector that identifies it as Treblo AI-created. In a reply to a comment pointing out that Tyga admitted to relying on AI for his own controversial '80s-influenced album $tarface, on one of his Instagram posts, Fenix said: never said I didn't use AI , i said it had nun to do w recording process . I didn't even know what da app was till we mixed … Read the full story at The Verge.
Fenix now claims he’s ‘never said I didn’t use AI,‘ to make his hit song. Fenix now claims he’s ‘never said I didn’t use AI,‘ to make his hit song. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s…
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