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AI-Made “Rubberz” Hits Billboard Hot 100 at No. 58

8/8/2026

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Story summary

Rapper Fenix Flexin admitted using the AI software Treblo to create the track “Rubberz.”
“Rubberz” became the first fully AI-generated song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 58.
Treblo’s detection tool flagged the track as “very likely” AI-made, with a false-positive rate under one in 10,000.
Flexin said AI had nothing to do with recording and warned artists must adopt the tool or fall behind.

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Historical Context

In 2016 Sony Computer Science Laboratory’s Flow Machines produced “Daddy’s Car,” an AI-composed pop track that entered streaming charts, marking the first high-profile AI song amid a Billboard year-end list published on December 8, 2016. Today Fenix Flexin’s “Rubberz,” flagged by Treblo as likely AI-made, shows AI-generated music now reaching the Hot 100 at No. 58, prompting labels and copyright offices to consider verification standards.

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Story summary

Rapper Fenix Flexin admitted using the AI software Treblo to create the track “Rubberz.”
“Rubberz” became the first fully AI-generated song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 58.
Treblo’s detection tool flagged the track as “very likely” AI-made, with a false-positive rate under one in 10,000.
Flexin said AI had nothing to do with recording and warned artists must adopt the tool or fall behind.

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