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Spotify New announced artificial intelligence Partnership with many prominent music labels. Recording subsidiaries of Sony, Universal, Warner and others will now work with Music streaming A giant developing “AI music products,” they said on October 16.
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“We have led initiatives with our partners to put artists at the center of the conversation around AGI and have entered into artist-centric agreements that create innovative new vehicles to unlock the opportunities presented by this revolutionary technology,” said the CEO of Universal Music Group. Lucian GraingeThursday.
While there are few details about the AI music products that will come from these new partnerships, the joint release highlighted Spotify and record labels’ desire to respect copyright, saying: “Musicians’ rights are important. Copyright is essential.” The announcement also noted that artists and rights holders will have a choice about whether and how to participate.
A Spotify spokesperson told CNET that although the project is still in early development, it aims to build products that use artificial intelligence to improve communication between fans and music artists.
The spokesperson added that any AI products would follow Spotify’s four principles: making agreements up front with music rights holders, compensating them fairly, giving artists and rights holders choice, and promoting engagement between listeners and artists.
“Technology should always serve artists, not the other way around,” said Alex Norstrom, co-president of Spotify. “At Spotify, our focus is on making sure innovation supports artists by protecting their rights, respecting their creative choices, and creating new ways for fans to discover and enjoy the music they love.”
This comes after Spotify announced this last month It will be so Use your spam filter to eliminate it Concerning the unauthorized use of artificial intelligence on the platform. With the filter in place, the number of “slanted” AI songs uploaded to Spotify should be reduced.
Spotify also uses AI technology for it AI DJwhich is the advantage Builds playlists For you based on what you think you will like.
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This latest announcement comes as… Conversation about Generative artificial intelligenceAnd fair use Copyright law It is heated.
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A new social media platform has been called OpenAI Sora It made headlines recently for allowing people to do this Videos generated by artificial intelligence They may contain copyrighted material, including songs and likenesses of famous people who have died.
OpenAI said the copyright holders You can cancel your subscription Allow others on Sora to use previously copyrighted material reverse Its policy and say people will need to sign up instead.
Earlier this year, Disney and Universal Filed a lawsuit against AI image generator Midway about its use of copyrighted characters. In 2023, The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on the use of copyrighted articles in training data for OpenAI’s large language models.
Both cases are ongoing as of October 2025.