Spotify Removes 50 Million AI Spam Songs From Recommendations, Boosts Human Artists
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Updated · The Verge · Oct 20
Spotify Removes 50 Million AI Spam Songs From Recommendations, Boosts Human Artists
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Oct 20
Summary
More than 50 million tracks flagged as AI-generated slop or spam were stripped from Spotify recommendations over the past year, and the service says listener complaints about such content have fallen.
Spotify also adjusted its recommendation system to surface more music from human artists, while editors were told not to program content identified as slop or spam.
The company said it identifies suspect tracks using listener feedback and engagement, upload patterns, metadata and third-party AI detection tools; AI personas get a badge and are not recommended.
Last year Spotify said it removed more than 75 million spam songs, while rivals have gone further—YouTube Music labels AI songs, Deezer offers an AI filter and Bandcamp bans AI music entirely.