Spotify removes 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from recommendations
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Spotify says it removed more than 50 million AI-generated slop or spam songs from user recommendations over the past year.
The company says it identifies such tracks using listener engagement and feedback, upload patterns, metadata, and third-party AI detection tools.
Spotify also introduced an "AI Persona" badge for artists who use an AI identity that does not represent a real person. Spotify says it will not recommend music from those artists.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 20, 10:58 AM ET
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AISpotify says it has removed more than 50 million AI-generated slop or spam songs from user recommendations over the past year. It also introduced an "AI Persona" badge for artists using an AI identity who do not represent a real person, and it will not recommend their music. Spotify says it uses listener engagement and feedback, upload patterns, metadata, and third-party AI detection tools to identify such tracks.
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