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Spotify cracks down on AI 'slop' - these are the changes you'll see

Here's how the streaming platform's new policies aim to protect both users and artists from AI misuse.

A new spam filtering system: Since Spotify offers payouts to artists based on how often users play a song, scammers are trying to take advantage. The company explained that spam tactics like "mass uploads, duplicates, SEO hacks, artificially short track abuse, and other forms of slop" are easier to produce than ever with AI. Spotify explains that this "is not about punishing artists who use AI responsibly or down-ranking tracks for disclosing information about how they were made," but for strengthening trust.

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