Amazon Music has simply launched new AI-powered weekly playlists based mostly on the “preferences and temper” of listeners. This simply means it scrapes what you have already been listening to and extrapolates additional. It would not apply trendy expertise to gauge the precise temper of customers.
The corporate says the playlists embrace “a curated mixture of acquainted favorites from their most listened-to artists and newest favorites to new discoveries.” I am not precisely positive how that is completely different from what music streaming platforms have all the time completed to create customized playlists, aside from these are made utilizing Amazon’s Bedrock generative AI platform.
They do arrive with snappy names to counsel the kind of songs included, like “Empowerment Anthems” and “Melodic Flex.” This appears just like Spotify’s Daylists, which additionally use cute little names. The Amazon playlists will be saved to the library or shared with associates by way of textual content or social media.
“The characteristic represents one other method we’re harnessing AI to assist followers join with extra music that resonates with them,” mentioned Ryan Redington, Common Supervisor of Amazon Music. He additionally mentioned this brings a “new dimension” to the service by “creating customized playlists celebrating their favourite artists whereas introducing new music that matches their distinctive tastes.” Once more, customized playlists are nothing new.
Obtain the newest replace to the app to get began. These weekly playlists are at present solely out there to US listeners and drop on Mondays.
That is simply the newest AI-forward transfer by a music-streaming platform. Spotify just lately launched prompt-driven playlists and an AI DJ that takes requests. This is not even Amazon Music’s first dip into AI-infested waters. The platform already makes use of AI-enhanced search outcomes that can be utilized to create playlists.
