Spotify says it removed 50 million 'slop' and spam AI tracks

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSpotify says it pulled fifty million slop and spam AI tracks out of listener recommendations this year, NBC News reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFifty million.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe songs people kept skipping matched the machine-made ones. So the robots made fifty million songs and the audience said no, thanks, fifty million times.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo they're gone.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNot gone. Variety says they're still on the platform, just harder to find.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSpotify also says it deleted more than seventy-five million others entirely, which is a separate count.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo when Spotify says removed, it means put somewhere you won't look. Fifty million songs, behind the sofa.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSpotify admits bad actors adapt just as fast. So fifty million songs are in a drawer, getting better at it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHashtag drawerful.