Music Industry

Spotify will introduce a new AI Persona badge for artist profiles that appear to represent AI-generated identities, with the labels beginning to appear from mid-September 2026. The streaming platform says the move is designed to give listeners greater transparency, while music from AI Personas will be excluded from Spotify’s editorial and algorithmic recommendations by default. […]

Snapchat has introduced Now Playing, a new feature that lets users share the music they’re listening to on Snap Map through a Spotify integration. Available now in markets where both Snapchat and Spotify operate, the feature allows users to connect their Spotify account, control who can see their listening activity and discover music through friends.

Spotify says it removed more than 75 million spam tracks from its platform over the past 12 months as it steps up efforts to tackle AI-driven music fraud, fake streaming and unauthorised voice cloning. The streaming giant stressed that the crackdown is not aimed at AI-generated music itself, but at low-quality, mass-produced uploads designed to

Deezer has launched a free online AI music detector that allows users to scan their playlists across multiple streaming platforms to identify AI-generated tracks. The tool, announced on Thursday 11 June 2026, is designed to give listeners greater transparency over synthetic music in their libraries and works with accounts from 20 of the most widely