Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists
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Spotify carving out an “AI persona” label and excluding those tracks from some algorithmic playlists turns recommendation into a policy surface, not just a ranking function. Labels, artists, and brands now have to decide where they sit on the spectrum from human-only to AI-heavy catalogs—and expect that choice to affect distribution.
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