
Spotify has introduced an "AI Persona" badge to distinguish between human and AI-generated music profiles, using human review and AI tools to assess authenticity. The badge will be applied to profiles that do not reflect real people, with music from AI personas not appearing in editorial suggestions by default. The platform aims to combat AI slop and ensure recommendations remain authentic by allowing artists to disclose their use of AI and providing a "Verified by Spotify" badge.
Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London. Picture the guys chortling and trying to one-up each other's idealized visions of the future with a series of increasingly glitzy fantasies in which their fame leads to access to […]

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind. Jeff Dean, the company’s chief scientist, is […]

Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single "super app" interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the "Microsoft Copilot" name but features an updated app icon. The single […]
