Spotify Adds a Spanish-speaking AI DJ; Sprite Leans Into AI Remixes for Music Platform’s Return
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Spotify adds a Spanish-speaking AI DJ, 'Livi'
Spotify’s AI DJ feature, an AI guide that introduces personalized song selections, is now available in its first language outside of English. On Tuesday, Spotify announced the launch of an AI DJ that speaks Spanish. Like the original AI DJ “X,” whose voice was based on an existing Spotify employee (Xavier “X” Jernigan), the Spanish-language voice is also based on a real person — in this case, Olivia “Livi” Quiroz Roa, a senior music editor at Spotify who resides in Mexico City.
Sprite leans into AI remixes for music platform’s return
For Sprite Limelight’s return, music fans can create tracks using a common hook via the Soundlabs remix tool available in Coca-Cola’s app.
AI Can't Replace ‘Rocking’, Says Twisted Sister Frontman Dee Snider
The veteran musician said AI models “don't have hands,” asserting that manual jobs are less threatened.
AI music startup Soundraw launches API for its B2B partners
Soundraw is one of the AI-music startups that has been building momentum this year, aided by a $3m funding round in March on the back of attracting more than 557,000 users.
YouTube Confirms Testing of AI Radio & Hum to Search
The company is introducing an AI-generated radio feature and a Shazam-like tool that identifies songs by singing, humming, or playing parts of them. This feature is currently available to a select group of Premium users in the United States and allows users to create custom radio stations by simply describing their musical preferences.
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