Chicago artists rally against AI-generated music

About 20 Chicago musicians rallied against AI-generated music, tech companies and streaming platforms, demanding legal safeguards for their work and planning a late-October streaming 'blackout.' They urged listeners to choose human-made music over what critics call 'AI slop.'

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