# Spotify Will Badge AI-Generated Artists and Keep Them Out of Recommendations by Default

From mid-September, profiles judged to represent synthetic identities carry an "AI Persona" label and are excluded from editorial and algorithmic playlists unless a user follows them.

- Published: 2026-08-13T06:26:09.114Z
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Spotify will begin applying "AI Persona" badges to artist profiles in mid-September and will exclude those profiles from its recommendation systems by default. The Telegram channel AI Post described the policy, and TechCrunch reported the d…

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