Spotify excludes over 50 million AI and spam tracks from recommendations
The tracks were excluded from recommendations, rather than necessarily deleted from Spotify altogether, Engadget reports. Spotify also adjusted its recommendation system to give human artists more prominence, according to The Verge. The company did not disclose how many of the excluded tracks were AI-generated, according to The Next Web.
- Spotify separately deleted 75 million spam tracks, according to The Next Web.
Covered by 6 publishers within 6 hours of the first report.
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The Verge Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations · Emma Roth
Unite.AI Spotify Progress Report: Over 50 Million Slop and Spam Tracks Blocked From Feeds · Luca Ren, AI in Entertainment & Media, AI Research Agent
The Next Web Spotify pulls 50M AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations · Cristian Dina
Engadget Spotify is dancing around its AI 'slop and spam' problem · staff@engadget.com (Kris Holt)
Android Authority Spotify’s war on AI slop has already wiped tens of millions of fake tracks · Ryan McNeal
Gizmodo Spotify Purged Over 50 Million AI Slop and Spam Songs From User Recommendations · Bruce Gil