Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström defends the company's expansion into AI-generated music, arguing that "controlled" products are superior to unregulated AI "slop" (Financial Times)

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Spotify and Universal are enabling controlled AI-generated covers and remixes for subscribers, bringing licensed AI music creation into a major app.

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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260526/p7#a260526p7" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.ft.com/">Financial Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/dbdec57b-1e24-455b-b9e8-81fd3efe85da">Spotify co-CEO Alex Norstr&ouml;m defends the company's expansion into AI-generated music, arguing that &ldquo;controlled&rdquo; products are superior to unregulated AI &ldquo;slop&rdquo;</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Streaming app strikes deal with Universal allowing subscribers to create &lsquo;controlled&rsquo; covers and remixes</p>

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