Technology & AI
Spotify is dancing around its AI 'slop and spam' problem
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The company said it removed 50 million such tracks from recommendations, but hasn't necessarily wiped them entirely.
The company said it removed 50 million such tracks from recommendations, but hasn't necessarily wiped them entirely.
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