THOUSANDS OF AI-GENERATED TRACKS REMOVED FROM SPOTIFY

Wed 10 May 2023:

In response to accusations of fraud and clutter on streaming platforms, Spotify, a music streaming network, has banned tens of thousands of artificial intelligence (AI) music company Boomy. Additionally, Universal Music, the industry leader in recording, has alerted all the major streaming services to dubious streaming activity on Boomy tracks.

The Financial Times cited sources when reporting that the company recently removed “tens of thousands” of music uploaded by Boomy, or roughly 7% of the tunes. The report went on to say that the music industry has been grappling with the rise of AI-generated songs and the flood of new tracks that have recently been flooding streaming platforms.

Spotify also confirmed it had removed some Boomy content, saying, “Artificial streaming is a longstanding, industry-wide issue that Spotify is working to stamp out across our service.”

Michael Nash, Universal’s chief digital officer, was quoted as saying: “We are always encouraged when we see our partners exercise vigilance around the monitoring or activity on their platforms.”

Further, the report stated that the Boomy songs were removed due to suspected “artificial streaming” — online bots impersonating human listeners in order to inflate audience numbers for specific songs.

Launched two years ago, Boomy lets users select from a variety of styles or descriptors, such as “rap beats” or “rainy nights,” to generate a machine-generated track.

Users can then distribute the music to streaming services, where they will earn royalties.

The US-based company Boomy claims that its users have produced over 14 million songs, according to the report.

Meanwhile, Spotify has said that it has crossed 515 million monthly active users (MAUs) in Q1 2023, a 22 per cent (year-on-year) increase from 489 MAUs in the last quarter — its strongest first quarter since going public in 2018.

The number of premium subscribers increased by 15% (year on year) to 210 million, with batter performance in every region, especially in Europe and Latin America.

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