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Spotify boss defends move to AI music, saying it is better than ‘slop’
(www.theguardian.com)
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
Except when the artists use slop to pretend to be actual artists and used bots to farm listens on their totally real tracks, then spotify thinks it's very bad
From september 2025 - https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/spotify-cracks-down-on-ai-slop-these-are-the-changes-youll-see/
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/spotifys-new-policy-wont-stop-the-wave-of-ai-slop/