The recommendation ‘update’ comes on top of the permanent removal of more than 75 million spam tracks that were deleted outright for repeated or severe violations of platform rules.
Spotify has escalated its fight against synthetic audio, announcing that it has pulled more than 50 million AI-generated “slop” and spam tracks out of its algorithmic recommendations this year to safeguard listeners’ discovery feeds and ensure human artistry takes center stage. The sweeping crackdown follows internal reviews conducted earlier this year, where Spotify tracked which songs listeners actively skipped, ignored or flagged, according to the company. The data exposed a consistent pattern: the vast majority of discarded music was low-quality AI-generated filler or manipulative spam.
How Spotify identifies spam
One of them is AI Credits which was launched in April.
With artists now filing tens of thousands of AI disclosures daily, listeners can view the details under “Song Credits” in the mobile “Now Playing” interface. Spotify outlined several artist-protection tools deployed over the past year to establish transparency and build trust across its catalog. The feature allows creators to log exactly which production roles or instruments utilised artificial intelligence (AI).