Nothing Is Sacred: AI Generated Slop Has Come for Christmas Music

AI-generated Christmas music is appearing in streaming and YouTube compilations, with some listeners apparently unable to tell it apart from real recordings. Sam Cole reports that a YouTube video titled "Best of 1950s to 1970s Christmas Carols" by Holiday Serenade Library has more than five million views and includes AI covers, such as an "O Little Town of Bethlehem" that uses the melody of "Silent Night." Cole also points to Spotify artists including Dean Snowfield, Sleighbelle and The Humbugs, whose bios share near-identical text and who are signed to Warner Music's ADA label. Cole says it remains unclear whether these artists are AI-generated or human, and Warner Music and Spotify did not respond to requests for comment.