Spotify partners with the big three music labels on 'artist-first AI music products'

Spotify sees the music industry's AI problem, and it's going to do… something about it. On Thursday, the company published a blog post heavy on principles, partnerships and vague plans. Un [...]

Persona 5: The Phantom X is coming to PC and mobile next month

There’s a new Persona game coming very soon, but sadly it isn’t time for the next mainline entry just yet. Rather, Persona 5: The Phantom X is a spinoff in a similar vein to Persona 5 Strikers. Li [...]

Spotify tries to defend its artist payout rates

It's no secret that Spotify isn't a big money maker for most artists. But, in its annual Loud & Clear report, the music streamer is trying to change the narrative, reiterating an earlier [...]

Spotify is testing a tool to help real artists deal with AI slop on their profiles

Low-quality, mass-produced AI songs have been flooding music streaming platforms like Spotify for a couple of years now. This is annoying, but relatively easy for fans to avoid. However, it leads to r [...]

Persona 3 Reload arrives on Switch 2 in October

The Nintendo Switch was a great place to play Persona games, and it looks like the outgoing console has passed on the torch to its successor, with last year's Persona 3 Reload kicking things off [...]

Spotify lossless streaming is finally here and it's included with a Premium plan

Stop me if you've heard this one before: over a half-decade of rumors, infrequent teases and affirmations that something is on the way, only for fans to impatiently bide their time and the thing [...]

Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping

The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damages after it claimed to have scraped [...]

Spotify is doing more to address AI 'slop' on its platform

Spotify has announced a set of policy changes surrounding AI-generated music and spam on its streaming platform. The company is helping to develop an industry standard for AI disclosure in music credi [...]

How to cancel your Spotify subscription

Spotify recently came under fire for running recruitment ads for ICE, which ask users to "join the mission to protect America" and to "fulfill [their] mission," in the US. Despite [...]