Last year, Spotify removed more than 75m spam tracks from its platform.
The world’s biggest music streaming platform, Spotify, does not ban AI-generated music, but does admit that it finds it hard to detect it.
In its latest attempt to tackle growing AI spam on the platform, Spotify is introducing a vetted artist verification badge to help users identify human-made music from AI-generated ones.
Fraudulent music distribution is especially an issue for the platform, whose total artist payouts have grown from $1bn in 2014 to $10bn in 2024. However, artist payout per stream has reduced on average since 2021, further incentivising spam music to increase earnings.
Artists who receive this verification badge are understood to show consistent listener activity and engagement, compliance with Spotify’s policies and signal a human artist behind the account. The company said that it would also look for off-platform presence such as concert dates and social media accounts.
