> The company also addressed rumors of AI-generated songs getting added to its playlists in order to avoid paying artists. Duboff called the rumors “categorically and absolutely false,” adding that Spotify does not create any music “with AI or without it,” adding that “100% of it is created, owned, uploaded by licensed third parties.”

I don't see how a 3rd party doing the bad thing is somehow better. Spotify could be actively working with these parties to generate a contractually agreed upon amount of AI slop for their platform.