aceAs fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line
Streaming services, notable musicians and fans are confronting the growing presence of AI-generated music and drawing lines in the sand. On Tuesday, Spotify announced it had removed about 50m songs considered AI slop from its recommendations to users over the past year. “Our editors hold the same standard and don’t program content identified as slop or spam,” a statement from the company read. Spotify requires “AI persona” badges on artist profiles that don’t represent a real human being, but it does not require…
AI-generated tracks flooded streaming to the point that Spotify removed about 50m songs from recommendations in a year, and artists say AI acts compete unfairly with human performers on charts.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-21
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