D'Addario finally fesses up: yeah, that was AI shredding
Guitar string maker D'Addario spent nearly two weeks denying that its promo video used AI-generated music, blaming everything from Autotune glitches to mastering software. Turns out it was just Suno, the AI music generator. After fans and musicians kept poking holes in the excuses, D'Addario finally admitted it "got this wrong" and apologized, promising to ban undisclosed AI use by employees and partners going forward. It's a small scandal, but a telling one: even brands built on real instruments can't resist letting a bot fake the performance.
Nothing says "authentic musicianship" like getting busted lying about a chatbot playing your strings.