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SpotiSlop: Large language models and sophisticated audio-generation tools are disrupting the traditional music industry. Digital listening platforms such as Spotify have become prime targets for AI-powered spammers, but trade organizations are fighting back with new labeling programs.
Spotify's Sam Duboff recently revealed that the platform was forced to remove 75 million AI-generated tracks in 2025 alone. As Spotify's senior director and global head of marketing, policy, and music business, Duboff believes that AI has not introduced any entirely new tactics for spam operations. However, he also argues that generative AI and other machine learning technologies have taken audio spam to the next level.
Spotify now has systems designed to combat both AI-generated "slop" uploads and data scraping by companies seeking new content to train their generative AI models. Duboff confirmed that the company has a "big team" dedicated to identifying potential new attack vectors that could make life easier for spammers (or scraping bots).
