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Spotify will introduce labels for AI-generated artist profiles and limit recommendations for profiles not opted in as AI Personas

Policy change Provisional 78% confidence first seen 11 August 2026, 16:40

Spotify announced that it will label AI-generated artist profiles as “AI Personas,” beginning with artist self-identification starting Aug. 11 and labels appearing in mid-September. The platform said it will withhold song recommendations from these profiles unless listeners opt in, remove likely undeclared AI identities, and provide an appeal process for mislabels.

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