Spotify Is Dancing Around Its AI 'Slop And Spam' Problem
The company said it removed 50 million tracks, but hasn't necessarily wiped them entirely.
Emojisprout/Unsplash
Just over a year ago, Spotify announced policy changes to address the tidal wave of AI-generated audio that has flooded its platform. In a blog post on Tuesday, the company provided an update on the initiative, but it's still not going far enough to help users avoid genAI trash.
So far in 2026, Spotify says it has yanked 50 million tracks it categorized as "slop and spam" from recommendations. Over the last six months, it made several updates to the recommendation system to instead promote more tracks from "authentic, human artists." The company's editors don't include tracks identified as slop or spam in curated playlists either.
These updates follow Spotify taking a close look at songs users "were skipping, ignoring or telling us they didn't want to hear." It determined there was a clear...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to www.engadget.com. To see the full text click HERE
