The streaming platform has come under heavy criticism for a rise in AI-generated music being recommended to users in its Discover Weekly playlists, which is updated every Monday to highlight new artists from your most-streamed genres, and the Release Radar.

In response, a Spotify spokesperson told Tech Radar: "AI is a fast-moving shift for the entire music industry, and it’s not always possible to draw a simple line between ‘AI’ and ‘non-AI’ music.

"Spotify is focused on actions that guard against harmful AI use cases, including removing spam and deceptive content, strengthening enforcement against impersonation and unauthorised voice cloning, and supporting industry-standard AI disclosures in music credits.

"Spotify does not create or own any music, and does not promote or penalise tracks created using AI tools.”

Users have called for the service to label AI-created songs, with others like Deezer already identifying such tracks on its own platform.

Research by Deezer and Ipsos has found that 80 percent of users want AI music to be clearly labelled, with 72 percent saying they would want to be told is a streamer was recommended music which was entirely created by AI.

Almost half would like an option to totally filter out AI music.

Last week, Spotify gave a statement to Mashable, insisting AI-generated music is allowed as long as its done "responsibly".

A spokesperson said: "Spotify doesn't give AI-generated music any special treatment.

"While we don’t penalise artists for using AI responsibly, we are aggressive about taking down content farms, impersonators, or anyone trying to game the system."

Back in September 2025, the platform did take steps to introduce a labelling system in metadata disclosures, but that wouldn't appear alongside the track on Spotify.

The company said at the time: "It’s not about punishing artists who use AI responsibly or down-ranking tracks for disclosing information about how they were made."