Spotify removes 75m spam tracks in past year as AI increases ability to make fake music

The 75m spam tracks rivals the scale of Spotify’s actual catalogue, which stands at 100m tracks. Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy

Spotify has revealed it removed 75m spam tracks from its platform over the past year as artificial intelligence tools increase the ability of fraudsters to create fake music.

The world’s biggest music streaming service announced a crackdown on vexatious tracks after admitting the rise of powerful AI tools had coincided with a significant amount of spam content being tackled by the streamer.