Spotify's CEO defends AI-generated music, urging critics to refrain from disparaging it as 'slop' and highlighting its potential. He emphasizes that the technology enables experimentation and the creation of new forms of musical art.
Spotify's CEO, Daniel Ek, defended the company's move into AI-generated music, stating it's a way to combat "slop" and protect artists. He believes AI tools can help artists enhance their creativity and reach wider audiences.
Spotify and Universal Music Group have announced a licensing deal allowing Premium subscribers to create AI-generated remixes and covers of streaming songs. Artists can opt out, but those participating will receive royalties for their contributions to these AI creations.
Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates daily briefings, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. It leverages your Spotify listening history and data from connected apps to personalize content, and can also perform actions like researching and organizing information.
Save to Spotify is a new command-line tool designed for AI agents like OpenClaw and Claude Code, enabling them to save AI-generated audio summaries and personal podcasts directly to Spotify. Setup involves downloading the CLI from GitHub and adding "and save to Spotify" to the AI agent's prompt to publish content to a podcast feed.
Spotify and Universal Music Group have partnered on a licensing deal to enable users to generate AI-powered remixes and covers from UMG's catalog. The author expresses strong disapproval of the increasing prevalence of AI-generated music, viewing it as a disrespect to original artists.
O Spotify expandiu seu recurso "Prompted Playlists" para incluir podcasts, facilitando a descoberta de novos programas para usuários Premium. Essa funcionalidade permite gerar playlists personalizadas usando prompts de texto para direcionar o algoritmo, embora ainda esteja em beta e disponível em inglês em alguns países.