AI music is flooding Spotify, and users are building tools to track the slop
404 Media · rss · 2026-07-27
404 Media reports that Spotify’s lack of AI-music labeling has created a growing cleanup burden for users and third-party trackers.
- An artist called Slime Dot was initially promoted as a real musician, then later acknowledged as an AI avatar.
- Tools like SoullessMusic and SlopTracker now try to identify AI-generated tracks on Spotify, using open-source models, metadata checks, and manual review.
- The article cites cases of AI music impersonating dead or living musicians, plus a channel called Qajar Jazz that appears to publish large amounts of AI-generated Iranian jazz.
- SoullessMusic estimates tracked AI artists are generating about $5.7 million a year, with one artist alone at $1.5 million annually.
- Deezer says 44% of all new uploads on its platform are now AI-generated, underscoring how quickly AI music is flooding streaming services.
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