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Becky Scarrott

Purge all you want, Spotify, it won't cancel AI music – and Grimes has a better idea

Grimes onstage, at a gig

It's an awkward dichotomy. Spotify knows full well the benefits of AI – the big green streaming giant currently has an AI DJ built with the help of ChatGPT's creators in beta and plans on using 'what if' style counterfactuals to suggest your next playlist – but AI-generated music? No, no. That it cannot abide. 

In fact, at the beginning of the month, Spotify removed "tens of thousands" of songs from AI-powered music creation app Boomy, in a bid to confront the rise of AI-generated songs. 

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