Spotify has spent a year telling the music business that it takes AI-generated junk seriously. On 20 October the streaming platform put numbers behind the claim: more than 50 million tracks flagged as “slop and spam” have been pushed out of its recommendations during 2026. The verb is doing a lot of work. None of … Read more
Deezer is preparing to hand listeners a blunt new instrument in the escalating fight over machine-made music: a single switch that wipes fully AI-generated tracks, albums and artists out of search results. The French streaming service announced the feature on 13 October and says it will reach users worldwide before the end of 2026, converting … Read more
Apple has released iOS 20.1, and tucked into the update notes dated 13 October 2026 is the capability users have requested for years: Siri can now drive Spotify through full natural-language instructions, backed by Apple Intelligence. In practice, a request such as “put on some quiet jazz for working, no saxophone, and nothing that has … Read more