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Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, and other platforms to identify AI music.

Deezer will now scan your playlists on other streaming platforms to detect AI-generated music. Deezer was the first of the big streaming services to start labeling AI-generated music. It even offered its tech to other platforms, but it doesn't seem like it had many buyers. Qobuz launched its own detection tech, while Apple and Spotify have opted for a voluntary tagging system. "No other company has followed our lead yet, so we decided to make it possible for everyone to check if their playlists include synthetic music, no matter which streaming platform they use," Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said in a press release. So, since nobody is ta … Read the full story at The Verge.

The post Spotify Launches 650+ Narrated Magazine Articles From The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Vogue, And More… appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The feature, which went live on Tuesday (May 26), brings more than 650 articles from publications including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, WIRED, Vanity Fair, and Pitchfork to the Spotify app. Each narrated article is under two hours long and has been produced in-house by Spotify‘s Audiobooks team. Conde Nast via Getty Images Spotify expands beyond music and podcasting by turning long-form magazine articles into an audio format. Spotify, the streaming giant, has added more than 650 narrated articles to its audiobook library. It is pulling in stories from major publications, including Spotify, Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Atlantic, Variety and Pitchfork. Instead of inserting full news archives into its app, Spotify has strategically focused on the kind of stories its target audience is already likely to binge, s

Do you even like art? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images There's this alarming trend in the Suno subreddit. People aren't just prompting AI songs; they're sitting around listening almost exclusively to their own slop. And in some cases, they proudly proclaim that they don't listen to music on traditional streaming platforms anymore - it's just AI all day. "Does anyone just listen to their own music now and not even music on Spotify anymore.?" "I definitely listen to my own music most of the time now. Why wouldn't I? It's album after album of bangers" "Guilty as charged. It's an infectious addiction, and I love it." "I thought I was the only one that had an addiction to suno." "Last.f … Read the full story at The Verge.

Critics of platform’s proposed new feature say it could accelerate the spread of machine-generated music Spotify’s chief executive has said the company’s move into AI-generated music offers users and creators a better alternative to unregulated AI slop. Last week, the platform announced a new feature in which premium users will be allowed to create their own, AI-generated remixes and song covers using music from participating artists. Continue reading...

Streaming app strikes deal with Universal allowing subscribers to create ‘controlled’ covers and remixes

Spotify used its Investor Day on Thursday to unveil the most comprehensive AI expansion in the company’s history, repositioning itself from a passive audio consumption platform into an active, AI-powered creation and discovery engine spanning podcasts, audiobooks, and licensed music generation. The centrepiece was Studio by Spotify Labs, a new standalone desktop app launching in […]

Prompt something better than Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul,” I dare you. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images AI covers and remixes of songs are already a blight on the internet. Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are awash in flat reggae versions of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," dinky country renditions of The Weeknd, and monotonous Motown reimaginings of AC/DC. Now, a new tool from Spotify will make them even easier to generate and share. Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) signed a licensing deal that will allow users to generate remixes and covers from UMG's catalog. How exactly it will work, beyond being "powered by generative AI technology," or how much it will cost, is unclear. They're positioning this as a premium subscription add-on … Read the full story at The Verge.