Spotify pulled 50 million AI slop and spam tracks from its recommendations

The Verge
By Emma RothOct 20, 2026, 10:18 am271 ptsTop
Spotify says it has removed more than 50 million songs considered AI-generated slop or spam from user recommendations over the past year. That's according to an announcement on Tuesday, which says Spotify has also made changes to its recommendation system to highlight more music made by human artists. "Our…

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