ITG NowHome › AI news › Digest, 21 Oct 2026 › Spotify removes 50M AI spam tracks from recommendations
What happened
Spotify says it pulled 50M+ AI slop and spam songs from recommendations over the past year.
Our take
Human artists get pushed higher in recommendations.
Key number: 50M+ tracks removed from recommendations
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