Spotify Removes 75 Million Spam Tracks and Launches AI Voice Clone Protection Policies
Summary
Spotify removes 75 million spam tracks in 12 months while launching new AI voice clone protection policies and developing industry-standard disclosure credits to identify how artificial intelligence was used in music creation.
Key Points
- Spotify removes over 75 million spammy tracks in the past 12 months and introduces new impersonation policies to protect artists from unauthorized AI voice clones
- The platform launches a music spam filter system this fall to identify and stop recommending tracks from bad actors using mass uploads, duplicates, and artificially short track abuse
- Spotify develops industry-standard AI disclosure credits through DDEX that will display information about how AI was used in track creation, whether for vocals, instrumentation, or post-production