Marked / Disable AI Generated Songs

[DerKEKl]

The platform is increasingly flooded with AI-generated songs (especially the Release Radar), making it harder for users to discover authentic, human-created music. To improve the listening experience, Spotify should introduce a clear label for AI-generated songs and provide an option to filter them out entirely.

[JimmyPop238294]

Definitely needed. It’s getting worse week by week 

[pilot987]

I like this Idea very much and think the demand for this among (potential) users will only grow! Dont know where other streaming platforms are at this issue, but I guess its a new issue for all of them and thus an opportunity for spotify to be ahead of the curve regarding user experience. (And since AI related issues get a lot of attention at this time, it could also be great advertisment.) 

However, I wonder how this can actually be done?

Easy to label music that is AI generated by Spotify (if they do or plan to do this at all). But how should they determine whether Music uploaded from an Artist is AI generated?

In addition, while I think Music that is created almost exclusively from AI, with minimal human effort, should at least be labelled, if not banned, I wonder how to handle cases where AI was used creatively like an "instrument" used by a "composer" to make Music. To me that can be a legitimate work of art too, dont you think?

[DerKEKl]

Hey @pilot987

Thank you for your thoughtful reply! I completely agree with you.

As for the challenges you mentioned, here are some ideas to address these concerns:

1. Labeling of AI-generated music

One solution could be to require artists or labels to disclose the use of AI tools during the upload process. This could be enforced through a combination of the following:

Self-reporting: Artists could check a box declaring the use of AI in their creation.

AI detection tools: Spotify could use machine learning algorithms to identify patterns or markers characteristic of AI-generated music, similar to methods used to detect plagiarism in text.

2. Creative use of AI

I completely agree that when AI is used as a tool by a composer, it can result in legitimate art. The challenge is to distinguish this from cases where AI is used to mass-produce generic content with minimal artistic input. One possible solution is to introduce tiered labeling that specifies the level of AI involvement, e.g:

"AI-assisted" for cases where AI is used as an instrument or tool in a broader creative process.

"AI-generated" for content that is predominantly or entirely machine-generated.

A labeling system should aim to inform rather than stigmatize. By clearly communicating what the labels mean and celebrating cases where AI is used creatively, Spotify can promote transparency while respecting artistic freedom.

[Funmelpee]

Awesome ideas! Esspecially the point that Spotify could right now leverage and ride the AI wave.

Label & a filter I could activate.

For me it was a pain last friday. 10 AI songs/artists in my release radar. There was one song I couldn't play and I was wondering why. At first I thought that maybe already had been reported and taken down. But checking the artist page revealed the fact that I already had blocked the artists. So why the **bleep** did spotify put another song from the AI artists in my RR? In my case the algorithm seems to be messed up. (To be able to reset my taste profile or the algorithm might help...but well you can't even do that).

[MrNC]

I didn't really have a problem with AI, it wasn't for me, until this one released this Friday because more than half of it is AI, and the they are spamming 7+ albums a year which isn't realistic for real artists to even compete with. This will lead to massive flooding of AI music and people will begin to turn away from Spotify if its left un-monitored. It is unavoidable, since the people behind the AI can just pick a genre themselves, and then make AI generated for every genre to just completely dominate the flow of new music to being AI.
I've turned away from Discover Weekly because it was flooded with AI, now I'm seeing the same with Release Radar which was my main source of new music and I've had Spotify as my only music source since 2010. The user experience will worsen until AI use becomes undetectable on Spotify, but by then people might just make their own music to listen to, instead of using Spotify as a platform. This is a serious issue for the business model of Spotify and they gotta make a decision.

[Funmelpee]

I feel you. Longterm Spotify customer as well. Almost every friday evening was like: me & my Headphones, the couch and Spotify. Told my wife and child not to disturb me the next hour. It's been like this for years. filling my playlists, refining my taste, finding new gems. Loved it.

Last weekend happend what I thought was unthinkable...trying the competition now (three free month). Although in my opinion this issue affects the business as a whole and I am afraid sooner or later I'd face the same issue everywhere.

So comon Spotify wake and get ahead of the competion. It's not all just about "who has the most songs in the catalogue"! Quality in fact matters.

[roriri]

I am writing to express my significant concern about the increasing prevalence of AI-generated music in my recommendation queue. As a dedicated Spotify user, I've noticed a sharp decline in my listening experience due to the overwhelming presence of low-quality, AI-generated tracks that appear to be created solely to generate streaming revenue.
Every day, I find myself spending considerable time manually blocking various "artists" who are flooding the platform with AI-generated music. This not only disrupts my listening experience but also makes it increasingly difficult to discover genuine artists and their work.

[Heyitsrachel1020]

It would just be nice to differentiate whit it becoming so advance 

[LauriM]

Stop the damn spam on the platform. Discover weekly/Release radar are close to useless at this rate with the bad AI spam coming to the platform

While at that, don't allow people to release spam under existing artists profile.

If this is not solved I will migrate to other platforms that actually care about their users experience.

[Paha_Agentti]

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

"Spotify, for its part, has been open about its willingness to allow AI music on the platform. During a 2023 conference call, Daniel Ek noted that the boom in AI-generated content could be “great culturally” and allow Spotify to “grow engagement and revenue.”