{
  "id": 655989,
  "title": "Spotify to label AI generated artist profiles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/spotify-to-label-ai-generated-artist-profiles",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:02:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1537487/spotify-to-label-ai-generated-artist-profiles/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Spotify will introduce “AI Persona” badges on some artist profiles from mid-September. The move aims to give listeners more information about whether an artist represents a real person. Spotify said some users had raised concerns about human-looking profiles created through artificial intelligence. The company wants to improve transparency as AI-generated identities become more common across […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Spotify to slap ‘AI Persona’ badges on AI-generated artist profiles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/spotify-to-slap-ai-persona-badges-on-ai-generated-artist-profiles",
        "published": "2026-08-12T03:42:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Spotify is adding \"AI Persona\" badges to flag AI-generated artists on its platform",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/spotify-is-adding-ai-persona-badges-to-flag-ai-generated-artists-on",
        "published": "2026-08-12T12:32:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}