aceSpotify removed 50 million ‘slop’ and spam AI tracks this year
Spotify removed more than 50 million tracks created by AI so far this year, as it works to keep AI-generated music from crowding out human artists. Spotify has removed more than 50 million tracks that appear to have been created by artificial intelligence from its curated music recommendations so far this year, as the streaming giant works to keep AI-generated music from crowding out human artis
A volume of suspected AI-made tracks large enough to require removing over 50 million from curated recommendations in one year shows the risk of human artists being crowded out.
The tracks are only described as appearing to be AI-created, and the removals concern curated recommendations. The excerpt is truncated and gives no detection method, error rate, or measured effect on human artists.
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