{"id":453814,"date":"2026-05-22T01:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/453814\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:27:08","slug":"spotify-is-doubling-down-on-ai-generated-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/453814\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify is doubling down on AI-generated music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotify<\/a>, the world\u2019s most popular music streaming service, has taken a soft approach. Although it announced a series of \u201cAI protections\u201d last year, the streamer does not require artists to disclose AI use, although they can choose to do so voluntarily<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the streamer is doubling down on AI-generated music. On Thursday, Spotify inked a licensing agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), which would allow Spotify users to create AI-generated covers and remixes. Choosing from a pool of participating artists \u2014 presumably a large one, given that UMG is the world\u2019s biggest music company<\/a> \u2014 a user can generate music in the styles of his favorite artists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That means that there is a foreseeable future in which a Spotify user could make an AI-generated version of \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d rendered in Drake\u2019s voice (depending on contract obligations<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In a blog post announcing the agreement, Spotify celebrated the forthcoming tool as a responsible use of AI, one that would allow participating artists to share in revenue from streams of AI-generated covers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Laura Batey, a Spotify spokesperson, did not answer questions about the tool from SFGATE, noting that the company would have more information once the new product launches.<\/p>\n

\u201cSolving hard problems for music is what Spotify does, and fan-made covers and remixes are next,\u201d Alex Norstr\u00f6m, Spotify\u2019s co-CEO, wrote in the blog post. \u201cWhat we\u2019re building is grounded in consent, credit, and compensation for the artists and songwriters that take part.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the blog post, the tool will be offered as a paid add-on to Spotify Premium. Although it has yet to be released, it\u2019s already proving lucrative. On the day of the announcement, the company\u2019s stock shot up 13%.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spotify, the world\u2019s most popular music streaming service, has taken a soft approach. Although it announced a series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,177962,125],"class_list":["post-453814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sfgculture","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}