SPAM FILTER

Spotify Announces Massive Crackdown on AI-Generated Music

The streaming giant said it removed 75 million “spammy” tracks.

Spotify said it is working to crack down on the tidal wave of “AI slop” inundating its platform, saying it has removed over 75 million “spammy” tracks from its library over the past 12 months. The streaming giant unveiled a slew of new safeguarding measures on Thursday, designed to prevent the platform from becoming overrun with AI-generated music. These measures include an enhanced spam filter to prevent mass uploads, SEO hacks, and artificially short tracks intended to boost streaming numbers and payouts fraudulently. Greater scrutiny will also be placed on spammers using deepfakes to impersonate the vocals of real artists. “The pace of recent advances in generative AI technology has felt quick and at times unsettling, especially for creatives,” the company wrote in a blog post. “The future of the music industry is being written, and we believe that aggressively protecting against the worst parts of Gen AI is essential to enabling its potential for artists and producers.” The company also announced it was working with industry leaders to develop a new standard in song credits, which would “clearly indicate where and how AI played a role in the creation of a track.”