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May 23, 2023: Spotify is developing an AI technology that will use the podcast's host voice to create host-read ads, without necessarily having to read and record the ad copy<ref name=":0">https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/spotify-may-use-ai-to-make-host-read-podcast-ads-that-sound-like-real-people/</ref>. This is according to The Ringer founder Bill Simmons who said, “There is going to be a way to use my voice for the ads. You have to obviously give the approval for the voice, but it opens up, from an advertising standpoint, all these different great possibilities for you.”<ref name=":0" /> The Ringer was acquired by Spotify in 2016 for $196 million<ref>https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/spotify-acquires-the-ringer-196-million-cash-bill-simmons-1203502471/</ref>. Bill Simmons said these ads will open create opportunities for podcasters because they could be geo-target ads. For instance, with the host's permission, the AI could create ads for a listener's local event or even create ads in different languages<ref name=":0" />. | May 23, 2023: Spotify is developing an AI technology that will use the podcast's host voice to create host-read ads, without necessarily having to read and record the ad copy<ref name=":0">https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/23/spotify-may-use-ai-to-make-host-read-podcast-ads-that-sound-like-real-people/</ref>. This is according to The Ringer founder Bill Simmons who said, “There is going to be a way to use my voice for the ads. You have to obviously give the approval for the voice, but it opens up, from an advertising standpoint, all these different great possibilities for you.”<ref name=":0" /> The Ringer was acquired by Spotify in 2016 for $196 million<ref>https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/spotify-acquires-the-ringer-196-million-cash-bill-simmons-1203502471/</ref>. Bill Simmons said these ads will open create opportunities for podcasters because they could be geo-target ads. For instance, with the host's permission, the AI could create ads for a listener's local event or even create ads in different languages<ref name=":0" />. | ||
May 9, 2023: Spotify purges 7% of songs(equivalent to tens of thousands of songs) uploaded by AI start-up Boomy. This comes as the company ramps up policing of its website following complaints of fraud in the music industry. -Boomy said its users have created more than 14 million songs. “Artificial streaming is a longstanding, industry-wide issue that Spotify is working to stamp out across our service,” Spotify said<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/b6802c8f-50e7-4df8-8682-cca794881e30</ref>. | |||
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