Spotify has removed more than 57,000 fake podcast episodes and banned 3,500 accounts tied to illegal drug promotion after a US Senate investigation exposed the scale of the problem. The episodes, spread across more than 3,000 shows, used AI-generated a…
A congressional report claims thousands of fake podcasts were used to boost illegal pharmacy websites, prompting Spotify to remove more than 57,000 episodes.
Spotify is rolling out videos to its New Music Friday playlist, spotlighting its editors new music recommendations.
Deezer’s free AI music detector checks playlists across major streaming platforms, but the bigger move is its push to license synthetic-song detection across the music industry.
Spotify is facing more scrutiny over AI slop, but the accusations are getting out of hand.
A jazz label turned a faceless AI song into a statement about human creativity and built a tool to back it up.
Spotify is looking to expand its video content, and now it wants to start broadcasting live concerts.
Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing the rights to stream live video from music festivals, according to Bloomberg, as the Swedish streaming company pushes to become a broader hub for the live music economy. The company has already s…
Spotify could allow you to change your username and add a bio to your profile, but I think there are other social features to improve first.
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Today I’m talking with Harvey Mason Jr., who is CEO of the Recording Academy — that’s the outfit that puts on the Grammy Awards. I last talked to Harvey in 2024, when it was obvious that generative AI would upend the music industry, but still not exactly clear how that would happen. Well, it’s been […]