I ain't slowing down. I was born to rise. So kick them rocks. If you don't like how I talk, I'm going to keep on talking and walk my wall.

No, that's not the Brian Lair show theme music. That's Walk My Walk, the number one hit on Billboard's Country Digital Songs sales chart. Say that five times fast. And the

performer behind the song is Breaking Rust, or at least that's the name of the avatar behind the song.

This hit is one of several AI-generated songs to have reached broad audiences this year.

Earlier this year, a band called Velvet Sundown garnered over one million

streams before its creators admitted that the band's song was created with AI. And earlier this

month, an AI R&B singer Zanaya Monet, the product of a poet named Talisha Jones, landed a multi-million

dollar record deal after

topping the Billboard charts. Songs generated using artificial intelligence are dominating

top music charts and streaming services like Spotify, sometimes without the knowledge of listeners.

Joining us now to break down how we got here is Kyle Cheka, staff writer at the New Yorker covering technology and internet culture.

Kyle, welcome back to WMIC.

Thank you for having me again.

It was such a treat to hear that song.

Have you heard it before?

Oh, yes, for sure.

And listeners, I wonder if any of you have heard that song or any other AI-generated songs lately.

Maybe it was pushed to you on your Spotify weekly playlist.

Maybe you heard it on a social media platform and decided to look up the artist,

just to realize the artist is an avatar.

If you've come across AI songs, how did you know

and how did it make you feel? Or maybe you're a musician or a songwriter or a producer. What's your

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