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Last week, the service unveiled a new capability in which premium users will be allowed to create their own
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The feature comes as a part of a deal with Universal Music Group that sent Spotify’s shares up 16% last week.
Key facts
- The feature comes as a part of a deal with Universal Music Group that sent Spotify’s shares up 16% last week
- Spotify’s feature will cost extra money, and allow “one song to become 10,000”, said Norström
- Ed Newton-Rex, a composer and campaigner for protecting artists’ copyright, said: “The reporter thinks if you are going to have AI music, it’s clearly better that you have AI music that is rooted in consent
- Newton-Rex said Norström’s decision to frame Spotify’s move as a choice to prioritise curated AI content over AI slop elided the more real, pressing competition between human artists and AI-written
Summary
Spotify’s chief executive has defended the company’s move into AI-generated music, claiming it offers users and creators a better alternative to piracy and 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. Alex Norström, CEO of Spotify, told the Financial Times the streamer was trying to offer a “controlled” alternative, in which musicians can consent to use of their work and make money from it, as opposed to having it pirated. Spotify’s feature will cost extra money, and allow “one song to become 10,000”, said Norström.