Spotify removes 75 million “spammy” songs as it cracks down on AI-generated music

Spotify is taking strong action against artificial intelligence being used to create and upload fake or low-quality music. In the last year alone, they’ve removed over 75 million songs identified as spam.

Spotify is taking steps to protect musicians from having their work stolen or misrepresented online. This includes fighting fake artist profiles, unauthorized uploads, and poor-quality AI-created songs. They’ve introduced new guidelines and features to verify artist identities and give listeners more clarity about the music they’re hearing.

These updates are happening because generative AI is rapidly changing the music world, and there are growing worries about issues like unwanted content, fake vocals, and misleading uploads.

Spotify’s new rules & spam filter explained

As a big music fan, I was really glad to hear about Spotify’s new rules around AI voice clones. Basically, they’re saying you can’t just copy an artist’s voice with AI without their permission – it needs to be officially licensed. They’re also cracking down on fake songs being uploaded and pretending to be by other artists, which is awesome. It’s good to see them protecting artists and making sure we’re listening to the real deal!

In July, news came out that Spotify was releasing songs created with AI, featuring the voices of musicians who are no longer alive.

This fall, Spotify is launching a new system to fight back against people flooding the platform with unwanted content and trying to game the system. The system will spot accounts using tricks like uploading the same song multiple times, creating extremely short tracks, or employing other spammy methods, and will stop those tracks from being suggested to users.

AI disclosures in credits

Spotify is backing a new standard that lets musicians and record labels share how artificial intelligence was used when making their songs. This includes details on AI’s role in things like vocals and instruments. This information will be visible on Spotify as it’s supplied by music distributors and partners.

Spotify announced these changes to give artists control over how AI is used with their music, and to keep listeners confident as AI becomes more common.

In June, a new band called The Velvet Sundown started gaining popularity on Spotify, and many people immediately suspected their music was created entirely by artificial intelligence.

The band initially used social media to dispute the claims, but they eventually admitted they were created using artificial intelligence.

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2025-09-26 22:18