{"slug": "spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-them-from-some", "title": "Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists", "summary": "Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, will label AI-generated artist identities as 'AI personas' on profiles and track listings and exclude them from algorithm recommendations, as part of a crackdown on fake performers. The move, reported by The Guardian, aims to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists.", "body_md": "# Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists\n\nBy Dan Milmo Global technology editorSource:\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers\n\nSpotify is to label AI artists and exclude them from algorithm recommendations as part of a crackdown on fake performers.\n\nThe world’s largest music streaming platform is creating a label for AI-generated artist identities called “AI personas” that will appear on the artist profile and on track listings on playlists.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/spotify-label-ai-artists-block-them-from-some-playlists)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-them-from-some", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-w6xi", "published_at": "2026-08-11 13:40:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 15:13:51.361407+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Spotify", "The Guardian"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-them-from-some", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-them-from-some.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-them-from-some.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/spotify-to-distinguish-ai-artists-from-real-people-and-block-them-from-some.jsonld"}}