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Spotify platform, streaming, artist tools, music technology, recommendation systems, and AI policy coverage.
AI Music Bot Fraud Gets First U.S. Prison Sentence as Copyright Office Opens Inquiry
Michael Smith used AI tracks and up to 10,000 bot accounts to collect more than $8 million. His sentence landed as the Copyright Office opened a streaming-fraud inquiry.
Spotify Will Label AI Personas and Limit Their Recommendation Reach
Spotify is adding AI Persona badges for artist profiles that present photorealistic AI-generated identities, with self-disclosure open now and listener-facing labels rolling out this fall. The bigger enforcement step is distribution: AI Persona music will be left out of editorial and algorithmic recommendations unless listeners actively choose it.