Major Tech Companies Introduce AI Features for Music and Podcasts
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Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a licensing deal that will allow users to prompt the creation of AI-generated remixes and covers for streaming songs. The tool will be a paid add-on for Premium subscribers. Artists will be able to opt out of the program, but those who do participate will collect royalties on […]
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EngadgetSpotify and Universal are building an AI tool for covers and remixes Spotify is working on a paid AI tool for covers and remixes.
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The platform recently did something similar for music. Spotify is launching verification badges for podcasts to help "authenticate creator identity and likeness." The most obvious use case for this is to help listeners find real podcasts amidst a sea of AI slop. To that end, the platform says it will also now remove podcasts that impersonate other creators via "AI voice cloning or any other method."
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TechCrunchSpotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts Spotify will let you generate daily or weekly briefs based on your prompts
The VergeSpotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you Studio by Spotify Labs is a new standalone AI app that generates a daily briefing, podcasts, and playlists on your PC using chatbot prompts. The AI-generated content draws from your Spotify listening history, as well as info from apps you connect to it, like your email inbox, calendar, and notes. Spotify says its AI can […]
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Alexa Plus, Amazon’s upgraded AI assistant, can now generate podcasts on “virtually any topic,” according to an announcement on Monday. With the update, Amazon says you can give Alexa Plus a topic, and the AI assistant will offer an overview of what its AI hosts plan to talk about, allowing you to steer the conversation and adjust its length before it starts generating the episode.
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TechCrunchThe new feature, called “Alexa Podcasts,” is rolling out to customers in the U.S. today. Amazon describes the capability as a way to “turn any topic you’re curious about into a podcast episode, ready in minutes.”
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01 TechCrunch Spotify launches an ElevenLabs-powered audiobook creation tool Spotify is releasing new audiobook plans later this year
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02 Engadget These badges begin showing up today, but it'll take the platform a few months to crawl through each of its over 7 million podcast titles. Spotify says this is "the first in a series of steps we're taking to support a more trustworthy podcast ecosystem." We'll keep you updated with any more moves the company makes in this space.
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