Spotify has pulled an estimated 75 million tracks from its platform in what’s shaping up to be one of the largest content purges in streaming history. The Spotify AI music crackdown isn’t targeting artists who use AI as part of their production process. It’s aimed at something else entirely: mass-produced junk uploaded specifically to game the platform’s royalty system.
The distinction matters. Spotify has been clear that this isn’t a ban on AI-assisted music. It’s a response to what insiders are now calling “AI slop” – low-effort, low-quality tracks generated in bulk and dumped onto the platform with…
