Spotify’s war on AI slop has already wiped tens of millions of fake tracks

TL;DR According to Spotify, it has removed over 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from recommendations.

The company also claims that it has completely removed over 75 million spam tracks from the platform.

Spotify plans on making its Artist Profile Protection tool available to all artists by the end of the year.

The proliferation of AI-generated music has been a common problem among popular music streaming services in recent years. Much to the chagrin of users, these tracks have been invading recommendations. YouTube Music recently introduced AI labels to bring some much-needed transparency to the matter. Spotify, on the other hand, has taken a much stronger approach to the issue.

The company has been actively removing AI-generated music from users’ recommendations. According to Spotify, it has removed over 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from recommendations over the last year. And the streamer’s efforts reportedly go much further than that. …