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Spotify Removes 50 Million AI Slop Tracks from Recommendations This Year
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Spotify’s quest to curb the chaos AI-generated music has brought onto the platform has caused it to remove 50 million AI slop tracks from users’ recommendations, a new figure shared Tuesday as part of the company’s public insights into how it’s navigating the AI era. The disclosu
Spotify’s quest to curb the chaos AI-generated music has brought onto the platform has caused it to remove 50 million AI slop tracks from users’ recommendations, a new figure shared Tuesday as part of the company’s public insights into how it’s navigating the AI era. The disclosure came in a post on its “For the […]
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