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Spotify to Label AI-Generated Songs, Keep Them Out of Recommendations

Spotify to Label AI-Generated Songs, Keep Them Out of Recommendations
Spotify to Label AI-Generated Songs, Keep Them Out of Recommendations · deccanchronicle.com

Spotify is a very popular app where people listen to music.

Sometimes, songs are now made by computers, and this is called AI.

Spotify wants people to know if a song was made by a real artist or by a computer.

So it is adding a label called "AI Personas" to computer-made songs.

Songs with this label won't show up in suggested playlists unless a listener asks for them.

Artists can tell Spotify that their song is AI-made starting on August 11.

The labels will start showing up on songs in the middle of September.

If someone thinks a song was made by AI but it isn't labeled, they can tell Spotify.

If an artist is labeled as AI but really made their song themselves, they can appeal.

This is happening because last year a fake AI band tricked people, and listeners want honesty now.

Key facts

Company
Spotify
Initiative
"AI Personas" label for AI-generated songs
Artist opt-in start
Aug. 11
Labels appear
Mid-September
Recommendation policy
Excluded from suggested playlists unless subscriber opts in
Mislabeling
Users can flag songs; artists can appeal
Related product
AI Credits, for artists to identify AI use
Background
Last year's Velvet Sundown fake band controversy

Quotes

Spotify

Company representative explaining the new labeling policy

“"Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don’t like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to find out that the persona is AI-generated."”
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