Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’

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Spotify will soon label AI artists and remove their music from your recommendations. The change, which will start rolling out in mid-September, means you’ll see an “AI Persona” badge on an artist’s profile across the app if they do “not represent a real person.”

The music streaming platform will allow artists to disclose that they’re an AI persona starting today, but it won’t rely solely on self-identification. Spotify says it will use human review and AI tools to determine whether someone’s profile, including their name and image, “appears to represent photorealistic AI-generated identities.” If Spotify determines that an artist’s identity may be AI-generated, it will apply a “Likely AI Persona” badge. Spotify will review artists who meet “defined audience thresholds” first...

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