An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming. The song was accompanied by an AI slop video on Instagram, showing a man in a cowboy hat heroically walking into the sunset. Even Universal Music Group, a major label that has been caught up in fierce copyright infringement lawsuits over the use of AI, announced that it had struck a licensing deal with AI music generation app Udio for an upcoming AI creation platform. Spotify, in particular, has been in the spotlight over a tidal wave of AI slop hitting the platform. More on AI music: Billboard Says at Least One AI-Generated “Artist” Is Charting Every Week Now