RAYE Blames AI Bots for Disrupting London Show Sign-Ups
· Entertainment · Billboard, Sky News
British singer RAYE reported that AI bots and scalpers flooded the registration process for her upcoming show at London's Royal Albert Hall. The event, which has a 5,000-seat capacity, received 1.8 million sign-ups, many of which were identified as fraudulent. To protect fans, the team manually reviewed the list to distribute presale codes. RAYE expressed concern over the impact of automated systems on ticket accessibility and stated that her team is evaluating future solutions.
Why it matters
The incident demonstrates the growing challenge of bot-driven scalping in live entertainment, which threatens fair access to tickets for fans of major artists.
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