LONDON — Does the latest track by your favourite singer sound slightly off? You may be right. Fraudulent artificial intelligence, or AI, generated tracks are increasingly appearing in artists' own profiles on streaming platforms, presented as their original work. British folk musician Emily Portman got a shock in July when she received a message from a fan congratulating her on her new album — even though she hadn't released one since 2022. That's when she discovered "Orca" on numerous streaming platforms including Spotify and Apple Music. The titles of the songs resembled something she might have created herself, but "very quickly I recognised it was AI-produced music," she said. According to the independent artist, the AI behind "Orca" was "trained" on her previous albums, mimicking her folk-inspired instrumentation and lyrics. "I just felt really uncomfortable and disturbed that people could be going to my profile ... and then think 'wow, what's this?'," she said. Portman said people were fooled despite the "pristine perfection" of the vocals and "vacuous lyrics." The musician couldn