1 outlet
Spotify is now verifying musicians that aren't AI. Here's how that may help artists — or hurt them
"New Music Friday" might look a little different when you open your Spotify app. The world's largest music streaming service has rolled out a new "Verified by Spotify" badge, in a bid to show which artists aren't AI.
First seen · 9:30 PM UTCMay 2, 2026
How it's being covered
Methodology →LeftCenterRight
0Left · 0%0Center-Left · 0%1Center · 100%0Center-Right · 0%0Right · 0%
Covering this story
Sorted left → rightAlso happening today
All today →Also on this date in history
All →2014
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
Milestone2012
A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
Milestone2011
Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Milestone