An article summarized by The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify announced a new AI-powered feature that will allow users to generate their own personalized podcasts directly inside the app. Revealed during the company’s investor day presentation, the tool lets users create custom podcast episodes based on their interests, listening habits, and prompts they type into Spotify. Users could request things like daily news briefings, local concert updates, or quick explainers on topics like economics, with Spotify generating audio content and linking to related creators and shows.
The personalized podcasts can be scheduled to recur daily or weekly, and users will be able to customize them further by choosing different AI voices and uploading extra context through text, PDFs, or links. The episodes will remain private and only accessible through the user’s own library. Spotify said the feature will begin rolling out next month to eligible U.S. Premium subscribers, who will receive a set number of monthly credits with the option to purchase more. The company also unveiled a separate feature that lets users ask questions about podcast episodes they are listening to and receive AI-generated answers.
Spotify executives described the shift as part of a larger move toward “generative media,” where content is dynamically created around each user’s preferences instead of simply selected from a catalog. Alongside the AI podcast rollout, Spotify also announced new creator sponsorship tools to help podcasters earn recurring revenue from fans, a new desktop creation app called Studio by Spotify Labs, AI-generated song remixes and covers for Premium users, and early-access concert ticket reservations for dedicated subscribers.
