Even Spotify is going all out with AI with a new DJ Feature
Even Spotify is going all out with AI with a new DJ Feature
The next Spotify Steam On event will be held on March 8, 2023. It promises to discuss new updates, product launches, and more tools for creative users. However, it’s not waiting until then to release the new AI tool called DJ. You can now enjoy commentary along with your playlist, just like a radio station would provide between songs.
The voice for the Spotify DJ feature is Xavier “X” Jernigan. You may recognize him from the podcast The Get Up that he once hosted. When you activate DJ, you’ll hear his voice comment on songs in your playlist so you know more about the tracks and artists, including current events. And it’s all AI-driven, thanks to the partnership with Open AI.
Yes, there are concerns about using AI in Spotify, especially after what is deemed as failures by Bing and Google Chrome to harness the power of artificial intelligence properly. The music-streaming giant is aware that you may experience some incorrect selections and playlists at first that don’t suit your tastes.
Yet, Spotify is asking you to be patient and help teach DJ what you like. If you don’t like what you hear, you can press the green DJ button again until you do. In this way, machine learning will pave the way to making the feature work like it was intended to during development.
So basically, if you still don’t like what you hear after a year, it’s your fault. No, I’m only joking, but that’s basically what it implies. Fortunately, users in the US and Canada can start using this feature now. Head to the home page and the Music Feed. Just press on the DJ icon to start listening to the current DJ voice.
According to Spotify, they’re going to enlist more voice actors in the future so that it doesn’t become monotonous. It’s probably similar to the voice cloning feature that Samsung has been talking about.
Source: TechCrunch
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Uhh, this has already been possible – I am not sure how but remember my brother telling me about it. I’m not a whatsapp user so not sure of the specifics, but something about sending the image as a file and somehow bypassing the default compression settings that are applied to inbound photos.
He has also used this to share movies to whatsapp groups, and files 1Gb+.
Like I said, I never used whatsapp, but I know 100% this isn’t a “brand new feature”, my brother literally showed me him doing it, like… 5 months ago?
Martin, what happened to those: 12 Comments (https://www.ghacks.net/chatgpt-gets-schooled-by-princeton-university/#comments). Is there a specific justifiable reason why they were deleted?
Hmm, it looks like the gHacks website database is faulty, and not populating threads with their relevant cosponsoring posts.
The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk that it’s about to be deleted from my ‘daily reads’.
It’s really like “Press Release as re-written by some d*ck for clicks…poorly.” And the subjects are laughable. Can’t wait for “How to search for files on Windows”.
> The page on ghacks this is on represents the best of why it has become so worthless, fill of click-bait junk…
Sadly, I have to agree.
Only Martin and Ashwin are worth subscribing to.
Especially Emre Çitak and Shaun are the worst ones.
If ghacks.net intended “Clickbait”, it would mark the end of Ghacks Technology News.
Ghacks doesn’t need crappy clickbaits. Clearly separate articles from newer authors (perhaps AIs and external sales person or external advertising man) as just “Advertisements”!
We, the subscribers of Ghacks, urge Martin to make a decision.
because nevermore wants to “monetize” on every aspect of human life…
“Threads” is like the Walmart of Social Media.
How hard can it be to clone a twitter version of that as well? They’re slow.
Yes, why not mention how large the HD files can be?
Why, not mention what version of WhatsApp is needed?
These omissions make the article feel so bare. If not complete.
Sorry posted on the wrong page.
such a long article for such a simple matter. Worthless article ! waste of time
I already do this by attaching them via the ‘Document’ option.
I don’t know what’s going on here at Ghacks but it’s obvious that something is broken, comments are being mixed whatever the article, I am unable to find some of my later posts neither. :S
Quoting the article,
“As users gain popularity, the value of their tokens may increase, allowing investors to reap rewards.”
Besides, beyond the thrill and privacy risks or not, the point is to know how you gain popularity, be it on social sites as everywhere in life. Is it by being authentic, by remaining faithful to ourselves or is it to have this particular skill which is to understand what a majority likes, just like politicians, those who’d deny to the maximum extent compatible with their ideological partnership, in order to grab as many of the voters they can?
I see the very concept of this Friend.tech as unhealthy, propagating what is already an increasing flaw : the quest for fame. I won’t be the only one to count himself out, definitely.
@John G. is right : my comment was posted on [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/23/what-is-friend-tech/] and it appears there but as well here at [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/08/how-to-follow-everyone-on-threads/]
This has been lasting for several days. Fix it or at least provide some explanations if you don’t mind.
> Google Chrome is following in Safari’s footsteps by introducing a new feature that allows users to move the Chrome address bar to the bottom of the screen, enhancing user accessibility and interaction.
Firefox did this long before Safari.
Basically they’ll do anything except fair royalties.