Spotify has removed more than 75 million spam tracks from its platform over the past year as it battles a surge in artificially generated music designed to exploit the system.
The Swedish audio giant receives around 100,000 new song uploads daily, with industry estimates suggesting that roughly 44 percent of music currently uploaded to streaming services is AI-generated.
Spotify is not targeting AI-assisted creations by legitimate artists, which remain welcome. Instead, it is focusing on what executives term “AI slop” — mass-produced tracks churned out from simple prompts by content farms and uploaded in bulk to game playlists and siphon royalties from genuine musicians.
Tools such as Suno enable users to generate finished, upload-ready songs in seconds from text prompts, allowing a single operation to flood platforms at a scale impossible for human artists.
The company has also introduced new policies against vocal deepfakes, strengthened filters to catch duplicate uploads and artificially short tracks used to inflate streaming numbers, and adopted an industry-standard credit system requiring disclosure of AI use in song creation.
“AI-assisted music from legitimate artists remains welcome on the platform,” Spotify said in its announcement, drawing a clear line between innovative tools used creatively and exploitative spam.
