Spotify, like pretty much every other digital platform, has been grappling with a torrent of low-quality AI-generated content flooding its streaming service.
The deluge has resulted in cheap-and-fast AI-generated music infiltrating algorithmic playlists and even charting. The slop has led to artists — including dead musicians — being impersonated by AI-powered squatters.
“The low-effort content you see where it’s mass-produced, it’s mass uploaded, it’s AI slop… we’ve removed over 75 million spammy tracks in the last year,” Spotify executive Sam Duboff recently told the Australian Financial Review, adding that AI has “taken existing spam tactics and taken them to a new level.”
Yet, as Spotify fights to keep its platform from being strangled by AI slop, it’s also moved to incorporate multiple AI features, like AI playlists and Spotify’s AI “DJ,” into its platform. And this week, one of Spotify’s AI features made for a frustrating situation for a top artist.
