{
  "id": 567796,
  "title": "Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/spotify-says-it-wont-recommend-music-from-ai-personas",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-11T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/977815/spotify-ai-persona-label-recommendations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Spotify will soon label AI artists and remove their music from your recommendations. The change, which will start rolling out in mid-September, means you'll see an \"AI Persona\" badge on an artist's profile across the app if they do \"not represent a real person.\" The music streaming platform will allow artists to disclose that they're […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "‘Playing around with your favourite artist’s song is an ultimate expression of fandom’: Spotify is taking another step into participatory music tools with its upcoming AI remix feature — but it signals red flags for industry professionals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/playing-around-with-your-favourite-artists-song-is-an-ultimate",
        "published": "2026-08-08T14:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Spotify will label ‘AI Persona’ profiles and exclude their music from recommendations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/spotify-will-label-ai-persona-profiles-and-exclude-their-music-from",
        "published": "2026-08-11T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}