Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations

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Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations

TL;DR

  • Spotify removed over 50 million AI-generated songs from recommendations in the last year.
  • Changes to the recommendation system aim to highlight music made by human artists.
  • Spotify uses listener engagement, feedback, upload patterns, metadata, and third-party tools to detect AI slop.
  • An "AI Persona" badge has been introduced for artists using AI identities.
  • Music from AI personas will not be recommended by Spotify.
  • Other platforms like YouTube Music, Deezer, and Bandcamp have different approaches to AI music.