r/Music • u/ebradio • Jul 21 '25

music Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission

https://www.404media.co/spotify-publishes-ai-generated-songs-from-dead-artists-without-permission/
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u/Dead-O_Comics Jul 21 '25

I'm about halfway through my Discover Weekly for this week, so far 3 songs are AI generated.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SPUDS Jul 22 '25

This has gotta be person-to-person, I recognize fucking every name even for the songs I don't know. I get like Michael Jackson and AC/DC, what are you listening that you get AI songs?

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u/jotaechalo Jul 22 '25

Do you listen to new artists?

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u/h3rpad3rp Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25

One of my main uses for spotify is to find new music so I listen to a lot of different genres, and a lot of artists that I've never heard before. Many of the artists aren't super popular or well known.

It becomes a lot easier to slip fake AI crap in if you aren't listening to classic rock songs that have been around for 50 years which you've heard 1000 times or the literal king of pop. (nothing against anything you listen to)

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u/helloviolaine Jul 22 '25

Apparently Spotify has been pushing AI artists on the Discover Weekly playlist, which is specifically for discovering new artists you haven't listened to yet.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SPUDS Jul 22 '25

I was already referring to my Discover Weekly playlist. They're songs I probably haven't listened to my account. It has old songs, new ones from the last few months, artists I've listened to plenty, artists I've never listened to, everything in between. Not a single one is AI. That's my point, its dependent on music taste.

I'm not saying other people don't get this or that it isn't an issue, its widely reported, but if your Discover playlist is all jazz and classic rock and 90's rock and alt rock and niche as fuck J-rock and J-pop this doesn't seem to be a problem as it is for people who listen to trance or EDM or some such. It's person-to-person.