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Spotify-Universal Deal Suggests Labels Think AI Music’s Future Is Letting You Play With Their Catalog
Universal Music Group and Spotify are teaming up to create an AI service that will let fans create “covers and remixes of their favorite songs”
What happened
According to Rolling Stone’s source item, Spotify-Universal Deal Suggests Labels Think AI Music’s Future Is Letting You Play With Their Catalog, Universal Music Group and Spotify are teaming up to create an AI service that will let fans create “covers and remixes of their favorite songs”
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Primary source: Spotify-Universal Deal Suggests Labels Think AI Music’s Future Is Letting You Play With Their Catalog via Rolling Stone. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Spotify-Universal Deal Suggests Labels Think AI Music’s Future Is Letting You Play With Their CatalogRolling Stone - 2026-05-21T17:52:50+00:00
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