# Duke Sanford Study Finds Spotify AI Music Unlabeled

> Spotify won't label AI music, but a Duke Sanford study found nine artists on Spotify's Release Radar are AI-generated.
- Title: Duke Sanford Study Finds Spotify AI Music Unlabeled | Shortify
- Summary: Spotify won't label AI music, but a Duke Sanford study found nine artists on Spotify's Release Radar are AI-generated. Spotify's AI music detection system…
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- Source: Musically — https://musically.com/2026/10/16/duke-sanford-study-explores-ai-music-encounters-on-spotify
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## Duke Sanford Study
Spotify won't label AI music, but a Duke Sanford study found nine artists on Spotify's Release Radar are AI-generated.

> Spotify won't label AI music. We tried to detect it ourselves
## Study Method
Five researchers created Spotify accounts for different genres, listened to playlists for 25 days, and flagged non-human artists using Deezer's AI detection.
## AI Artists Found
Nine artists were identified as AI-generated through Spotify's Release Radar playlists with no self-disclosure of AI use in profiles.
## Key takeaway

Spotify's AI music detection system identifies nine artists as AI-generated through Spotify's Release Radar playlists without artist self-disclosure.