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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/25\/spotify-ceo-says-ai-progress-is-both-really-cool-and-scary-may-pose-risk-to-creative-industry\/<\/a><\/br> In its first-quarter earnings call<\/a>, streaming music service Spotify talked in more detail about how AI advances are impacting its business. On the positive side, the company offered an update on the user adoption of its new AI DJ feature<\/a>, which offers personalized music selections introduced by a realistic-sounding DJ voice<\/a> powered by AI. But other AI advances have the potential to cause harm \u2013 including the use of AI to create music that clones the voices of existing artists without their consent, leading to copyright concerns and further complications for streamers like itself.<\/p>\n The latter issue recently made headlines when a song that used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd<\/a> was uploaded to a number of streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube, and Deezer.<\/p>\n Spotify and others quickly took the track down but faced criticism from publishers like Universal Music Group, which asked which \u201cside of history\u201d did \u201cstakeholders in the music ecosystem want to be on: the side of artists, fans, and human creative expression, or the side of deep fakes, fraud, and denying artists their due compensation?\u201d<\/p>\n On the Q1 2023\u00a0investor call, Spotify was asked how it intended to approach this sort of problem going forward.<\/p>\n In response, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek called the issue complex and fast-moving and didn\u2019t seem to have a proposed solution at this time.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst off, let\u2019s acknowledge that this is an incredibly fast-moving and developing space. I don\u2019t think in my history with technology I\u2019ve ever seen anything moving as fast as the development of AI currently is at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Ek noted that Spotify had to balance two objectives, including being a platform for allowing innovation around creative works, and one that needs to protect existing creators and artists. Both roles it takes very seriously, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re in constant dialogue with the industry about these things. And it\u2019s important to state that there\u2019s everything from\u2026fake tracks from artists which falls in one bucket to\u2026just augmenting using AI to allow for expression, which probably falls in the more lenient and easier buckets,\u201d Ek continued.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are very, very complex issues that don\u2019t have a single straight answer\u2026But we\u2019re in constant discussion with our partners and creators and artists and want to strike a balance between allowing innovation and, of course, protecting artists,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n When later pushed as to what material impact AI developments could have on the business, Ek admitted that the progress in AI is both \u201creally cool and scary\u201d and that there is a risk to the wider ecosystem.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the whole industry is trying to figure that out and trying to figure out [AI] training\u2026I would definitely put that on the risk account because there\u2019s a lot of uncertainty, I think, for the entire ecosystem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the company is benefitting from the use of AI in other areas, Ek stressed.<\/p>\n For example, Spotify\u2019s recently launched AI DJ feature has been gaining traction.<\/p>\n The feature is still in its early days, having only begun rolling out to Spotify users ahead of its product launch event Stream On<\/a> in March, where the company also introduced a revamped, video-focused user interface,<\/a> powered by algorithms and machine learning, and new tools for artists and podcasters, among other things.<\/p>\n Though limited to the North American market and still in beta, the AI DJ is now reaching \u201cmillions\u201d of active users every week, Spotify reported, representing more than 25% of user consumption on days that they use the DJ feature.<\/p>\n That\u2019s solid traction for the still experimental new feature and also a positive indication of the benefit of Spotify\u2019s investment in AI technologies.<\/p>\n The CEO also spoke to AI\u2019s potential to help people create music without having to understand how to use complicated music production tools. He envisioned artists instructing the AI to make a song sound \u201ca little more upbeat,\u201d just using a voice command, for example, or telling the AI to \u201cadd some congas to the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat has the chance I think, to meaningfully argument that creative journey that many artists do,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n Ek also felt it was important to stress the difference between something like an AI-powered feature like the DJ and the concerns around AI in creating fake tracks.<\/p>\n \u201cI do think it\u2019s important to kind of separate AI DJ from the AI conversation. So AI DJ, in and of itself \u2013 I think we\u2019ve had nothing but positive reactions from across the industry. I think the AI pushback from the copyright industry or labels and media companies\u2026it\u2019s really around really important topics and issues like name and likeness; what is an actual copyright; who owns the right to something where you upload something and claim it to be Drake, and it\u2019s really not; and so on. And those are legitimate concerns,\u201d Ek said.<\/p>\n And obviously, those are things that we\u2019re working with our partners on in trying to establish a position where we both allow innovation but, at the same time, protect all of the creators that we have on our platform,\u201d Ek said.<\/p>\n The company reported its Q1 revenue was up 14% year-over-year to \u20ac3.04 billion, and its ad revenue was up 17% year-over-year to \u20ac329 million. Spotify hit a new milestone with the news it has reached 500 million users, but its premium subscriber portion fell to a ratio of 40%<\/a> paid-to-free listeners, with 210 million premium subscribers and 317 million on the ad-supported plan.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/br><\/br><\/br><\/p>\n
\nSpotify CEO says AI progress is both \u201creally cool and scary,\u201d may pose risk to creative industry<\/br>
\n2023-04-25 21:43:14<\/br><\/p>\n