Fascinating article about how sample spotters (NERDS!) are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as Google Assistant, AI audio extraction and even iZotope RX to spot them. Feels sort of like cheating, and the results for Face to Face are far from amazing. I meant Carrie Lucas and ELO in a Daft Punk track? WHO KNEW? (actually they were used before in other DP pieces -although the Loggins Pooh Corner spot is a surprise, that the vocal is saying Christopher Rob(ins) and of course our old friend Alan Parsons). But I’m guessing those who thought their microsamples and glitching were safe (psst – there is no legal exemption for even the tiniest of samples, although I doubt individual drum hits would be an issue because the idea of uniqueness comes into play there) are going to have some sleepless nights…. As others have said, it could herald a new form of Content ID that can spot something down to less than a second, even flipped, reversed, glitched, stretched or totally mangled. But as I said in my first ever #mashupmeme – Daft Punk aint that impressive, try Board of Canada’s Geogaddi. That’s expert mode! via PDSMix.