‘It is about choice — if you want to hear AI music or if you don’t.’ One Spotify user got so frustrated with AI slop that they created an ‘AI blocker’, but it ‘may violate Spotify’s terms of service’

A Spotify user has built their own software that filters out AI-generated music from their listening experiences.

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‘Every label in the world is delivering AI’: Apple Music executive says over a third of uploads are ‘100% AI’ as it clamps down on AI fraud

Apple Music VP reveals that more AI-generated music is being uploaded to the platform, but it’s not affecting listening habits.
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Spotify is expanding into fitness in partnership with Peloton — its new Fitness hub is available today, and is designed to help you ‘build momentum’ and ‘improve your wellbeing’

Spotify and Peloton are partnering to bring over 1,400 video workouts to Spotify’s new Fitness hub.

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Spotify just added a feature I’ve been waiting years for: managing playlist folders on mobile

Some users of the Spotify apps for Android and iOS are noticing a significant change in how playlists can be managed.
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‘We’re by far the most ubiquitous experience for music’: Spotify’s Head of Consumer Experience talks to me about the streaming giant’s next 20 years, including its plans to expand to new formats and combat AI music

As Spotify celebrates its 20th anniversary, I spoke with Sten Garmark about the platform’s exciting future developments.
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Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and so are we — these are 5 of the platform’s landmark moments and yes, one of them involves Taylor Swift

These are 5 of Spotify’s most memorable moments from the last 20 years.

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I’ve been a Spotify subscriber for 17 years — here are the top 5 plug-ins I recommend for the music streamer

Spotify is better with extensions — and these 5 in particular can help you make the most of the audio streaming platform.
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‘It ultimately made people realize that music was worth paying for’: Spotify’s Sten Garmark on how the streaming giant created an entirely new business model, and its mission to convince users that ‘there was something better than free’

I sat down with Sten Garmark, Global Head of Consumer Experience at Spotify, to reflect on the company’s impact 20 years on.
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‘Turns out I’m deaf’: Someone built a browser tool to test the difference between Hi-Res Audio FLAC and lossy MP3 with your own music, so you’ve no excuse for getting it wrong

This ultimate FLAC vs MP3 tool tests whether your ears can pick out lossless vs lossy audio with the tracks you know best
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Out of all Spotify’s music discovery tools over 20 years, my loyalty still lies with this underrated feature — and it’s not Discover Weekly

This Spotify feature is one of the app’s most underrated tools for music discovery.

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