Streaming services, notable musicians and fans are confronting the growing presence of AI-generated music and drawing lines in the sand.

On Tuesday, Spotify announced it had removed about 50m songs considered AI slop from its recommendations to users over the past year.

“Our editors hold the same standard and don’t program content identified as slop or spam,” a statement from the company read. Spotify requires “AI persona” badges on artist profiles that don’t represent a real human being, but it does not require individual songs generated by AI to be labeled. Other streaming services have taken more stringent stances.

Though it is cracking down on slop tracks, Spotify is far from AI-shy.…