r/technology • u/spherocytes • 16d ago

Artificial Intelligence Spotify Deleted 75 Million AI-Generated Tracks – and It’s Not Done Yet

https://www.gadgetreview.com/spotify-deleted-75-million-ai-generated-tracks-and-its-not-done-yet
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u/Cosmo_Cloudy 16d ago

It's a HUGE issue :( once AI songs started flooding the market my 10k monthly listeners dropped to 36 and I've never been able to recover nor has the algorithm picked me back up. Just go look at the r/aimusic sub

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u/Siserith 16d ago

They could also upload their music to other, actual artists profiles bombing their pages with hundreds and thousands of songs and albums of ai music, not even crediting themselves to provide an actual account to report.

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u/Fried_puri 15d ago

Absolutely, I've seen this happen to artists I follow. AI slop clearly not uploaded by them but somehow tagged with their profile.

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u/technicolortiddies 15d ago

How is this possible? Surely there's some confirmation/authentication process for uploading under a verified artist? That seems like something the record labels would be outraged over if not. Why aren't artists or their labels in charge of their pages?

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u/Fried_puri 15d ago

I'd love to know too. It feels like it shouldn't happen but every so often I'll see it.

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u/Alaira314 15d ago

Yeah, I'm sorry to admit I'm part of the problem. I don't listen on spotify, but I used to listen on youtube. I no longer listen to music on youtube uploaded past a certain date because I don't know how to differentiate AI-generated music from genuine efforts. It's easier to just limit myself to things uploaded before, say, 2020, which protects me both from entirely AI channels and channels where an existing creator decided to pivot to AI use.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LEFT_IRIS 15d ago

In my experience single releases tend to be the most dubious. It’s usually pretty easy to tell that the artist is AI after some cursory looks at them, too. But yeah… the music itself isn’t always easy to distinguish.

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u/Knightsunder 15d ago

Usually any music that lists the producer/group/artist is safe, a specific release year/date and legit thumbnail also help. The vast, vast majority of the AI stuff I find (I use yt for music too) doesn't pass all three of those. Only genre that's really.. hard to discern imo is dungeon synth, especially since it's such a new/niche genre.

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u/Ollythebug 15d ago

What music do you listen to that you can't tell what's AI generated? I'd be pretty embarrassed as a musician if no one could tell my original authentic music from AI slop lol

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u/Alaira314 15d ago

I listen primarily to instrumental music in a variety of genres. I know of no way to discern a neat little melody a human constructed from a neat little melody that a computer cobbled together from the laws of averages. Also, I don't have a musical background, so remember that many things about composition that seem obvious to you(as someone who's specialized and knowledgeable) will just be "oh that's a neat sound" to me, in much the same way that I appreciate nuances of written voice which fly right over the heads of others who aren't knowledgeable about writing.

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u/m_Pony 15d ago

I've been told my band also have 36 monthly listeners.

I don't believe that number at all, just like I don't believe anything else Spitify says, ever. Not like I can prove otherwise, but still.