TechAltarJan 11

I have now discovered multiple times that some song in my Spotify discovery Playlist is AI generated. Signs:
- generic song & album art
- all music released since 2025
- no real artist bio

Example:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gF9hjfVFYzrY2g0Fen2IH?si=x1TyVYWRQiOJskD55MAPNg

Hate that AI invades and destroys everything you love

Funkaradio

Artist · 40.8K monthly listeners.

Spotify
Show threadAlda Vigdís
@Techaltar The Icelandic equivalent of GEMA communicated years ago that most of those were being published by labels owned by companies and individuals that were large shareholders in Spotify.
Jan 11 at 3:29pmWeb
Show threadDeckardJan 11
@alda @Techaltar Do you think that's the reason Spotify allow it? I'm kind of puzzled about what other reasons they have to allow it? It's not like the world is short of music.
Show threadAlda VigdísJan 11

@Deckard1 @Techaltar STEF did their media campaign based on how some of the fake AI artists were imitating and ripping off specific Icelandic artists.

So maybe the whole story has to do with optimising the suggestion algos to keep some artists below a certain payout bracket?

Show threadPatrick HogenboomJan 11
@alda @Deckard1 @Techaltar I think it's to do with how Spotify distributes the payments. If they can pay a bunch to themselves, they can pay the artists less. I bet Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) wrote something insightflul about it.