"Those royalties are going to the artists that listeners love, that they’re listening to, artists that we all love, those verified artists, those human, authentic artists.
"When we look at the sort of entirely AI-generated music that people worry about, music that’s industrially produced, less human input, we see [and] every other streaming service sees well under 1 per cent of consumption is going to those tracks.
"Listeners don’t want it … and we’re really seeing low consumption there.
“What we’re hearing from fans and what we’re seeing on our service is people want to listen to and are seeking out authentic human music.”
A lot of the AI music was made/ordered by Spotify themselves, and they were paying themselves for it while taking away money from legit artists.
How about an option to block that AI content from search results completely?
Of course! For an additional 5.99 a month you‘ll be able to hide AI content*!
*Unless the artist/label pays us to show it to you anyway.
Sincerely, Your Spotify Team! 🤑
Or from being inserted into every playlist.
Doesn’t really work if the people posting music slop don’t even mark it as ai.
Had to google some bands to see what was up with them and all I got was people asking if it was ai. That’s the only way to find out sometimes.
So I guess this option lets you at least know that it’s not ai that you’re listening to.
Once again a huge company fucked up and apologises magnanimously after the fact while not even completely removing the offending item.
Personally, I’d like actual accountability not this sort of whitewashing.
Oh and btw their “fix” is “a new artist verification program which gives verified artists a green check mark”. I wonder if that even helps or just makes life for artists even harder.
Obligatory:
Green check will be another $8 a month from artists probably
Once again a huge company fucked up and apologises magnanimously after the fact while not even completely removing the offending item.
What?
ONCE AGAIN A HUGE COMPANY FUCKED UP AND APOLOGISES MAGNANIMOUSLY AFTER THE FACT WHILE NOT EVEN COMPLETELY REMOVING THE OFFENDING ITEM.
wat?
I cancelled my years long subscription to Spotify because they were intentionally feeding me AI music alongside real artists in generated playlists. Every now and then you’d check the artist and there would be no bio or any info online about who was playing the current song.
I’ll never give a single cent to Spotify ever again.
Call me when I can block all AI music.
Glad I canceled Spotify and went back to trackers and CDs.
Every story I hear about them just makes it sound worse.
I set up a navidrome server. It’s been great to be more intentional about my listening habits, even though my excuse was previously that I didn’t have time to make playlists and whatnot. I’ve heard so many songs that I haven’t listened to since college, when I switched to YT Music.
I hope by “CDs” you mean CDs bought directly from the artists.
I’ve never heard an AI generated song on Netflix. I know I haven’t because I don’t use Spotify to find new music.
I’d suggest everyone check out KEXP if they want new music. Great source of literally any kind of music you’d want.
+1 for KEXP
If you’re going that way, there’s also FIP.
And a ton of internet radio stations (or, if that term confuses people: streams) that play really good stuff off the beaten path 24/7.
I mentioned that one because it’s been at it since way before the Internet and is now well known even beyond France for the extremely eclectic and high quality selection it plays. FIP originally stands for France Inter Paris, it was meant as a music only station with only very short interruptions with soothing voices for news and traffic. The women with those particular tones of voice became known as the fipettes, and got some kind of faceless celebrity as a result. It used to be a standard setting on every car radio before there were a bazillion ststions (and CDs, and streaming).
I will check this out thanks
KEXP
KEXP is a non-commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington, United
Are you serious?
What’s not to be serious about? KEXP is a well known source for tons of great music, including up and comers, and their sound engineers are unparalleled.
Yo like Angine de Pointrine! The KEXP video game them a huge boost. So happy about that.
I’m sure it’s nice but radio station means “radio music”
What does “radio music” mean?
Top 100 or Top 20 charting songs on repeat
Yeah, that’s not how KEXP works.
maybe type into ai, what is the difference between a radio station and spotify and have it explain it to you, it’s like explaining why the sun isn’t the moon, it’s just not even comparable
What are you on about? They suggested checking out KEXP for people looking for new music. Don’t see anybody claiming it is Spotify.
Yes they have a YouTube channel but also you can tune in online or find past performances on their website
have you ever actually used spotify?
Yes. My master playlist is like 72 hours of music, 3000 or so songs
Human music. I like it
no i won’t. cancelled shitify years ago.
No, I won’t. Because I don’t use Spotify. Puts on sunglasses
But seriously, I think it’s dumb that streaming services don’t just outright ban songs entirely made with AI.
I heard AI music in Greenland 2:Migration. It’s slowly seeping into Hollywood.
Oh, so this is what the name means. Long time coming.
