Mean time to recovery (MTTR) is the wrong metric for AI-era engineering teams because AI tools produce 41% more bugs and 98% more pull requests, making MTTR unable to keep up, according to CTO Evan Ma…
A fake AI-generated artist named Arthur Hayes, with a group called Gravel & Grace, has reached number 1 on iTunes with the song "Miles to Mercy," according to Showbiz411. The outlet reports that the s…
A video podcast host is quitting Spotify's podcast platform due to chronic reliability issues, noting that competitors have not faced similar problems. Moonshot AI's open model Kimi K3 matches Anthrop…
OpenAI is building a real-time voice mode for Codex that extends beyond code into a general-purpose agentic assistant, according to code strings and supporting functionality found in the ChatGPT bundl…
A podcast episode reveals that police are using Flock surveillance technology to track people, not just vehicles, with searches like 'male with tattoos.' The episode also covers a company selling book…
Deezer said this week that AI-generated songs made up more than 50% of its June uploads, a first for the French streamer, with about 90,000 AI tracks uploaded daily. Fully AI tracks account for just 1…
French music streaming service Deezer said Tuesday it will remove AI-generated songs used for fraudulent streams after determining that more than half the songs uploaded to its site are generated by a…
AI is driving the convergence of entertainment apps into universal platforms, with Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok all expanding beyond their original formats to capture more user time and reven…
Deezer reports over 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily in June 2026, up from 10,000 in January 2025, with AI tracks accounting for 44% of all new uploads by April 2026. The French streamin…
Music streaming company Deezer reported that AI-generated tracks now account for more than 50% of daily uploads, with a peak of 90,000 tracks per day in June 2026. Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said th…
Spotify executive Sam Duboff said the company removed over 75 million spammy tracks in the last year as AI-generated music floods the platform, but artists like Lorde are criticizing Spotify's own AI …
A developer added an AI chatbot to Echostats, a Spotify stats dashboard, using Google AI's gemini-3.1-flash-lite model to provide personalized insights into users' music taste. The chatbot faced chall…
Mick Jagger told Billboard that musicians are welcome to use artificial intelligence to create music as long as the output is original, but he opposes AI that imitates his voice or the Rolling Stones'…
AI companies are building products that offer infinite choice, but consumers have proven for decades that they hate it and prefer curated, limited options, argues bar co-owner and commentator. Netflix…
Spotify reportedly removed over 75 million AI-generated songs from its platform, according to a Financial Times report citing the company's own data, as the streaming service cracks down on synthetic …
Spotify has removed 75 million "AI slop" tracks from its platform over the past 12 months, the streaming service announced Thursday. Sam Duboff, Spotify's global head of artists, marketing and policy,…
Riccardo Simonetti says he was turned into an unwitting advertising figure by a convincing AI-generated fake video of himself promoting a product. The 33-year-old moderator and author told dpa that th…
Spotify launched a conversational AI beta for Premium users aged 18 and older in the US, Ireland, and Sweden, allowing them to control playback and explore music, podcasts, and audiobooks through voic…
Spotify has upgraded its AI voice interface, allowing Premium subscribers to interact with the app via voice or text. The feature aims to boost user engagement and retention, but its long-term utility…
Spotify is expanding its AI voice interface, allowing Premium subscribers in the US, Ireland, and Sweden to talk to or text the service directly inside the app. The beta feature, launching for users 1…