Spotify removes 75m AI ‘slop’ tracks from its platform
According to Sam Duboff, Spotify’s director of global artist marketing and policy, the company has now removed more than 75 million spam-like tracks from the platform.
AI-generated music has been flooding the Internet for several years now. Enormous numbers of new tracks appear every day, many of them of dubious quality. Social media are already struggling with a deluge of so-called AI slop (mass-produced, low-value AI content), and music streaming services are facing the same problem.
Duboff indicated that the situation is difficult because the line between what does and does not count as AI music is becoming increasingly blurred. Many artists now use AI as a tool during the creative process, which makes it hard to establish clear rules about which music is acceptable and which is not.
On top of that, Spotify receives around 100,000 new tracks every day. According to recent analyses, roughly 44% of all new music uploaded to streaming platforms is AI-generated. Even if that percentage is only an estimate, it still means that tens of thousands of AI tracks are being added every day.
The huge increase is partly caused by the availability of AI tools such as Suno and Google Lyria, which allow users to generate a complete track within seconds simply by entering a text prompt. Because virtually anyone can use such tools, large numbers of low-quality productions are also appearing on streaming services.
The removal of more than 75 million tracks shows how big the problem has now become. At the same time, Spotify continues to look for a balance between allowing legitimate AI use by artists and combating spam, deception and low-quality content.
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