Spotify removes 75m AI songs
Artificial intelligence music is under renewed scrutiny after streaming giant Spotify removed an estimated 75 million tracks from its platform in one of the biggest clean-ups in the industry’s history. The move is not aimed at musicians using artificial intelligence (AI) as a creative tool. Instead, Spotify is cracking down on a growing wave of […] The post Spotify removes 75m AI songs appeared first on The Namibian .
Artificial intelligence music is under renewed scrutiny after streaming giant Spotify removed an estimated 75 million tracks from its platform in one of the biggest clean-ups in the industry’s history.
The move is not aimed at musicians using artificial intelligence (AI) as a creative tool.
Instead, Spotify is cracking down on a growing wave of fake, mass-produced songs uploaded purely to manipulate the platform’s royalty system and divert earnings away from genuine artists.
The scale of the problem highlights how quickly AI-generated content is reshaping music streaming and why platforms are racing to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated fraud.
Spotify says the issue is not artificial intelligence itself, but the misuse of it.
According to Spotify senior director Sam Duboff, the platform is targeting what many in the industry have started calling ‘AI slop’ – low-quality tracks generated in seconds and uploaded in huge volumes with little or no creative input.
