Spotify Removes Over 50 Million AI Slop and Spam Tracks from Recommendations

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Spotify says it removed more than 50 million songs it considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year and adjusted recommendations to highlight more human artists. The company also introduced an “AI Persona” badge for artists whose identities do not represent real people and will not recommend their music. Spotify does not require labels on all AI tracks.

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Spotify removed over 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from recommendations
Spotify says it removed more than 50 million songs considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year and adjusted recommendations to highlight more human artists. It also introduced an “AI Persona” badge for artists using identities that do not represent real people and will not recommend their music. Spotify does not require labels on all AI tracks.

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