An artificial intelligence DJ that streams music

Artificial intelligence (AI) DJs have appeared in music streaming services.

TechCrunch reported on the 22nd (local time) that Spotify, the world’s No. 1 music streaming service, introduced a DJ AI that identifies user tastes, selects customized songs, and provides music commentary, targeting paid users in the United States and Canada. ) reported.

“The DJ feature chooses what to play with an AI guide that knows your music tastes,” Spotify said in a press release.

The DJ’s voice was modeled after Xavier X Journeyman, who hosted Spotify’s morning music show ‘Get Up’. For AI voice generation, the company applied sonic technology acquired last year. Sonantik is an AI voice company that created the voice of actor Val Kilmer in the film ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.

Spotify also revealed that it is applying several productive technologies from OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT. AI production technology has also been used by music editors, screenwriters, and data curators to create commentary or music commentary.

According to TechCrunch, some criticize that the introduction of Spotify’s AI function has attracted users’ interest in streaming services, but the addition of various functions has complicated the app and made it more difficult to listen to music.

However, Spotify recorded solid growth, recording 10 million new subscribers and 295 million total users in the fourth quarter of last year. [스포티파이 DJ 홍보 영상]

Jeong Byeong-il, member jbi@aitimes.com