Spotify has adopted new policies regarding Artificial Intelligence. For this reason, the largest music streaming platform has removed 75 million low-quality tracks generated by AI in the last 12 months .
Through a statement released last Thursday, the 25th, the streaming platform announced that it is taking a stand against music that aims to "confuse or deceive listeners, push 'garbage' into the ecosystem, and interfere with the work of authentic artists to build their careers."
According to Spotify's statement, the platform will use a "music spam filter." The initiative aims to block "mass uploads, duplicates, SEO hacks, abuse of artificially short tracks, and other forms of carelessness that have become easier to exploit, since AI tools make it simpler for anyone to generate large volumes of music" [via NME ].
Spotify will not ban music made by Artificial Intelligence
According to the new rules, Spotify has no intention of removing AI-generated music from its service, such as the AI "band" Velvet Sundown , which went viral in recent months. But from now on, this type of music is encouraged to be properly labeled from the start.
Along with the new rule, the platform also introduced a new system to inform listeners about the type of artificial intelligence present in the music they are listening to. This is so that artists who use the technology "responsibly" have the opportunity to be transparent. This applies to vocals, composition, production, instrumentation, mixing, or mastering.
Charlie Hellman Spotify 's global VP of music product, explained [via Rolling Stone ]:
“We are not here to punish artists for using AI in an authentic and responsible way. We hope that the use of AI production tools will allow artists to be more creative than ever before.”
Music generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is flooding streaming services. Deezer , another music streaming platform, stated that approximately 28% of daily uploads are songs entirely generated by AI. However, these tracks represent only 0.5% of actual plays. In June, Deezer became the first music streaming platform to explicitly label AI-generated music.
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