Raye hits back at ticket touts who took over Albert Hall sign
Singer Raye is taking action against ticket scalpers who used AI bots to flood the registration process for her Royal Albert Hall show. She has manually vetted the sign-up list to ensure tickets reach genuine fans at face value.
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This highlights the growing challenge of AI-driven bot attacks in the live entertainment industry and the struggle to maintain fair access to high-demand events.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Naomi Clarke BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Raye made history when she won six Brit Awards in 2024 Raye has hit back at ticket touts who she says "overwhelmed" the sign-up process for an upcoming live show by using artificial intelligence (AI) bots to create "hundreds of thousands of fake registrations".
The Where Is My Husband! singer revealed there were 1.8 million sign-ups for her one-off 5,000-seat performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 23 October.
To avoid a pre-sale which she felt scalpers could exploit, Raye said the sign-up list had been manually reviewed to identify a shortlist of people believed to be "real fans".
A spokesperson for the Royal Albert Hall said they "invest heavily" in protecting their ticketing systems from "automated attacks" but the "law needs to catch up".
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