Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from recommendations

Spotify has removed more than 50 million tracks flagged as AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year. The company also reworked its recommendation system to favor music from human artists and added an "AI Persona" badge for AI identities, which it won't recommend.

• Over 50 million AI slop and spam tracks removed from Spotify recommendations in a year
• Recommendation system reworked to highlight music from human artists
• AI personas get an AI Persona badge and are excluded from recommendations
• Spotify removed more than 75 million spam tracks a year earlier