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Music's slop system gets a direct sweep receipt

Music's climate keeps slop as its lead system over values, and the sweep found a same-week match: Spotify confirming it will publicly badge AI-only artist profiles and cut them from recommendations.

Both layers, and a clean confirmation.

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