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A split-screen image with Qobuz's managing director Dan Mackta and the Qobuz app on a smartphone, with TR's 'On the Record' franchise badge in the foreground
‘Let's be real: we're doomed — but let’s also try to hold it at bay’: Qobuz’s Dan Mackta on music’s big AI issue

By Becky Scarrott Published

‘The whole thing is just a really, really big bummer’ — Qobuz’s Managing Director on the scourge of AI-generated audio in streaming, and why he still refuses to call it music

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A split-screen image with Deezer's screen depicting AI content on one side, Manuel Moussallam (Deezer's head of research) on the other, and TR's 'AV Insider' badge in the bottom left corner
Deezer's Head of Research on the company's industry-leading AI filter

By Becky Scarrott Published

‘Just by relying on some plain signal processing and mathematical tools, we were able to actually detect these artifacts for most models out there’

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The Spotify logo next to a smartphone showing the Shazam shortcut in the iOS control center
Spotify is reportedly working on a native song identification feature

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify is tipped to launch a built-in song identifier tool to one-up Apple and Shazam.

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Qobuz screenshots on an Android phone
My favorite music streaming site just got a big update that makes me even happier I quit Spotify

By Marc McLaren Published

The high-res audio streaming service Qobuz has got an app upgrade that makes it much easier to use. Here's what's changed.

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A smartphone showing Spotify's new Music Video Charts Global playlist
Spotify launches music video charts in its latest move to challenge YouTube

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify's new Music Video Charts Global brings back the nostalgia of classic music TV channels, but it still won't beat YouTube.

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Lorde performs during day three of Glastonbury festival 2025, and Spotify's About the Song feature on a smartphone
Lorde criticizes Spotify's AI-generated 'About the Song' feature for inaccuracies

By Rowan Davies Published

Lorde called out Spotify's About the Song tool, saying its details were incorrect and that it 'limits free interpretation'.

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The Apple Music app icon against a red background on an iPhone.
Apple is putting up prices on Apple Music and Apple One plans

By David Nield Published

Apple has put up the prices for its music streaming subscription service for the first time in four years.

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Two smartphones with the Spotify Mixed Playlist interface
Spotify updates its song-mixing feature with new customization tools

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify's Mixed Playlist feature just got a quiet upgrade, and its new customization tools have boosted it to a new level.

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A Dolby Atmos music mixer says spatial audio can rescue lost elements ‘sacrificed’ for stereo mixes

By Carrie Marshall Published

Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher says that Atmos can deliver more emotion from the music you love

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A close up of pinned playlists in the Spotify library
Spotify updates library organization features with expanded pinning capacity

By Rowan Davies Published

Spotify confirms it's increasing the number of items you can pin to Your Library from 4 to 20.

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