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生成式 AI 让“做一首歌”变得极其容易，音乐流媒体平台上也随之涌入大量低质量的 AI 曲目。英语里常用 slop 一词指这类快速批量生产、质量低劣的 AI 内容。10月20日，Spotify 在一份“一年回顾”中说，今年已把超过5000万首被认定为 slop 或 spam（刷量、垃圾内容）的曲目移出推荐；此外，平台此前已因严重或多次违规彻底下架了超过7500万首曲目。公司称，这一调整源于对听众行为的观察：大家经常跳过、忽略或明确表示不想听的歌，往往正是这类曲目。识别它们并不容易，Spotify 需要综合听众反馈、上传模式、曲目信息和第三方 AI 检测工具，并承认检测技术有局限。这件事还关系到钱：艺人收入部分取决于其播放量在总播放量中的占比，AI 曲目越多，真人艺人分到的比例就可能越小。与此同时，平台并不把所有 AI 使用都视为问题，而是推出了 AI 署名、真人认证和 AI 虚拟艺人标签。Engadget 等媒体则质疑这些措施力度不够。文章按“问题—应对—局限”展开，阅读时可留意 because、However、unless 等词如何连接原因、转折和条件。

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A growing share of the new songs uploaded to music streaming services are made with artificial intelligence. On October 20, Spotify said it had taken more than 50 million “slop and spam” tracks out of its recommendations this year. “Slop” is a popular word for low-quality content made quickly with AI. The company says one idea guides this work: human artistry comes first.

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音乐流媒体平台上新上传的歌曲中，由人工智能制作的比例越来越高。10月20日，Spotify 表示，今年已把超过5000万首“垃圾和刷量”（slop and spam）曲目移出推荐。“Slop”是一个流行说法，指用 AI 快速制作的低质量内容。该公司说，这项工作遵循一个理念：人类的艺术创作放在第一位。

The change began with listeners. Earlier this year, Spotify studied the songs people were skipping, ignoring or saying they did not want to hear. A clear pattern appeared: many of these tracks had been identified as slop or spam. Since then, the company has updated its recommendation system, and its editors also keep such tracks out of their playlists. Spotify says listener complaints about this content have dropped.

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这一变化始于听众。今年早些时候，Spotify 研究了人们经常跳过、忽略或表示不想听的歌曲。一个清晰的规律出现了：这些曲目中有许多已被认定为垃圾或刷量内容。从那以后，公司更新了推荐系统，其编辑也不把这类曲目放进他们编排的歌单。Spotify 说，听众对这类内容的投诉已经减少。

Finding these songs is not easy. No single signal is enough, so Spotify combines several, including listener feedback, upload patterns, information about each track and tools from other companies that try to detect AI. It also looks for tricks such as mass uploads, copies of the same song and very short tracks. However, the company admits that AI detection has limits and will become harder as the technology improves.

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找出这些歌曲并不容易。单一信号是不够的，所以 Spotify 把多种信号结合起来，包括听众反馈、上传模式、每首曲目的相关信息，以及其他公司开发的、试图识别 AI 内容的工具。它还会留意一些手段，比如大批量上传、同一首歌的复制版本和极短的曲目。不过，该公司承认，AI 检测存在局限，而且随着技术进步会变得更难。

Money is part of the story. On Spotify, artists are paid partly according to their share of all streams. Morgan Hayduk, head of the detection company Beatdapp, told NBC News that when AI tracks add to the total number of streams, each real artist receives a smaller percentage. A rule from 2024 helps: a track needs at least 1,000 streams before it can earn money. Spotify says tracks that are probably made by AI are ten times more likely to fall below that line.

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钱也是这件事的一部分。在 Spotify 上，艺人的收入部分取决于他们在全部播放量中所占的份额。检测公司 Beatdapp 的负责人 Morgan Hayduk 对 NBC 新闻表示，当 AI 曲目推高总播放量时，每位真人艺人分到的比例就会变小。2024年起实行的一条规定对此有帮助：一首曲目至少要达到1000次播放才能获得收入。Spotify 说，很可能由 AI 制作的曲目低于这条线的可能性是其他曲目的十倍。

Not every use of AI is treated as a problem. Since April, artists have been able to add “AI credits“ to show which parts of a song involved AI. Spotify has also verified more than 300,000 real artists, and it labels thousands of artist identities that it believes were created by AI. These are kept out of recommendations unless listeners choose to follow them.

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并非所有对 AI 的使用都被视为问题。从4月起，艺人可以添加“AI 署名”，说明一首歌的哪些部分用到了 AI。Spotify 还认证了30多万名真人艺人，并给数千个它认为由 AI 创造的艺人身份加上标签。除非听众主动选择关注，否则这些身份不会出现在推荐中。

Some critics say the steps do not go far enough. The tech site Engadget noted that tracks taken out of recommendations are not necessarily deleted, and that Spotify’s figure of 75 million tracks removed from the platform is the same one it gave in September 2025. Meanwhile, the singer Kelly Clarkson says she loves AI, but she thinks AI artists should have a separate chart instead of competing with humans.

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一些批评者认为这些措施还不够。科技网站 Engadget 指出，被移出推荐的曲目不一定被删除，而且 Spotify 所说的“从平台下架7500万首曲目”与它在2025年9月给出的数字相同。与此同时，歌手凯莉·克拉克森说她喜欢 AI，但认为 AI 艺人应该有单独的排行榜，而不是与人类同台竞争。

新闻来源

• Spotify Newsroom · One Year In: Putting Human Artistry First on Spotify (20 Oct 2026)
• NBC News · Spotify says it removed 50 million ‘slop’ and spam AI tracks this year (20 Oct 2026)
• Engadget · Spotify Is Dancing Around Its AI ‘Slop And Spam’ Problem (21 Oct 2026)
• The Guardian · As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line (21 Oct 2026)

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