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Spotify starts rolling out Recaps, a new AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what users have listened to so far, in beta on iOS (Elissa Welle/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/819476/spotify-audiobook-ai-recaps-short-summary

Spotify’s new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far
Spotify launches AI-generated summaries of audiobooks to catch listeners up on what they’ve already heard.

Prompted Playlists: Spotify-Wiedergabelisten per KI-Befehl erstellen
Spotify führt Prompted Playlists ein: Mit der KI-Funktion können User per Prompt eigene Playlists erstellen lassen. Bisher funktioniert das nur in Neuseeland.

Never have I seen a more pointed example of "generative AI is very good at cliché"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/an-ai-generated-band-got-1m-plays-on-spotify-now-m…

I've basically been listening to this album on a loop for the last couple of weeks now, highly recommended.
I definitely don't like all jazz, but sometimes it really can be spectacular: https://open.spotify.com/album/5whNm4NJWfN7OYnQi5iusG

ok - Album by daoud | Spotify
daoud · album · 2025 · 14 songs

Old recording, Prince just jamming away on his piano , "Mary don't you weep", https://open.spotify.com/track/3MyoPEPdJbaIKRyuk8zTj2?si=ySxjztMoS3OJT1E8D-v4cQ

Mary Don't You Weep - Piano & A Microphone 1983 Version
Prince · Piano & A Microphone 1983 · Song · 2018

Israeli startup Port, which offers a proprietary developer portal competitor to Spotify's open-source Backstage, raised a $100M Series C at an $800M valuation (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/port-raises-100m-at…

Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage | TechCrunch
Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify's popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

You need to call Tyrone
https://open.spotify.com/track/1MCem6JigI6jgQPMgriKbU?si=wDAjlcdHSu2e2CFjzL5r1A&pi=3ilpAA_8R2mn4

Tyrone - Live
Erykah Badu · Live · Song · 1997

As with most “AI” things this says a lot more about the people licking up the slop than how “good” “AI” is https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/13/ai-music-spotify-billboard-charts

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in https://theconversation.com/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-quit-spotify-in-protest-only-for-an-ai…

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard quit Spotify in protest, only for an AI doppelgänger to step in
Can (or will) Spotify be held legally accountable for hosting AI knockoffs of real bands? An expert explains.

Interviews with Spotify founder Daniel Ek on his CEO exit, and new co-CEOs Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström, who face algorithmic fatigue and angry artists (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20