The AI Backlash Is Working

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Spotify has decided to start labelling AI musicians on their platform. They will also stop recommending these accounts by default. This is great news for the ongoing battle against AI slop. You can support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/Siliconversations Special thanks to my Patreon supporters: Sentient Hat Tier: Maple the Finn Nathanaël Havez MyDailyPintOfGremlinMilk Matias Badino Tom your personal annoying Bug Kelly P Old_leginary (hun vaze) C_Bookie Alexandre Le Mercier Gladamas CJ Pickled Engineer Big Sentient Hat Tier: darkprincedarkstar Emmanuel Goldstein Red Ransil Aaron Smith Sirhaian Julian Schulz Dawid Kubicki Harrier 🦊 Snababo Jacob Mejer botfly Borderlands2 screaming gun Call Your Reps About AI Safety Patrick Kennedy Drew Spartz Sarunas Budreckis Linkie Pup raided Drarko Bread Shark Sayhan Yalvaçer Jeffrey MrConchman Sequoia michael fares David ilan Ui Judah Pendleton Imogen Hardy Adam Rak Sashalicious Da_way111 Siliconversations is financially supported by the Future of Life Institute. Go to https://futureoflife.org/ to learn more. All opinions shared in this video are my own. This video was: Written and narrated by Siliconversations Illustrated and edited by Maris Tockler Sources: Spotify: Introducing a New Label for AI-Generated Artist Identities on Spotify - https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-08-11/ai-persona-badges-transparency/ Wikipedia: Xania Monet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xania_Monet Wikipedia: AI Slop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop (mentions velvet sundown) Wikipedia: Sienna Rose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienna_Rose Spotify: AI credits on Spotify - https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/ai-credits/ The Guardian: Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/spotify-label-ai-artists-block-them-from-some-playlists AI Use Disclosure: YouTube generated the subtitles, and I used Claude to add paragraph breaks between the sentences in the subtitles because I think it's nicer that way. I also used Claude to find references and check the script for technical inaccuracies (it didn’t find any).