Spotify offers no button to filter AI-generated music, despite user frustration and competitor moves

A Leipzig-based software developer built Spotify AI Blocker to automatically label and block suspected AI tracks from his playlists; hundreds have downloaded the tool, which filters out a growing list of more than 4,700 suspected AI artists based on signs like unusually high release volumes and AI-style cover art.

Spotify launched a test feature in April showing how an artist used AI in a song's credits, but it is a voluntary system based on what an artist tells their record label or distributor. By contrast, Deezer tags albums containing AI-generated tracks produced by Suno, Udio and similar services, and excludes them from algorithmic recommendations and human-made playlists using in-house detection technology. Apple Music said in March it was introducing 'transparency tags' and would eventually require self-disclosure when songs involve AI.

Spotify prioritizes addressing 'harmful uses' of AI like spam and impersonation rather than filtering music based on how it was made, and says AI in music exists on a spectrum rather than as a binary category. In a Deezer–Ipsos poll, 97% of listeners failed to correctly distinguish between AI-generated and human-made tracks in a controlled test, yet around 80% of poll respondents said AI-generated music should be clearly labelled.