Spotify Integrates ChatGPT, Ushering in AI-Powered Music Experience
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Spotify is expanding beyond music streaming with a new integration of openais ChatGPT, allowing users to control the app and create playlists using voice or text commands. The move, announced following a recent developer conference where OpenAI CEO Sam Altman outlined plans to transform ChatGPT into a multifunctional platform, marks a meaningful step in blending AI capabilities directly into everyday applications.
The integration allows Spotify users with ChatGPT on Android or iOS to connect their accounts and leverage AI for tasks like playlist creation based on themes, moods, or genres, and for quickly discovering artists. users simply open the ChatGPT app and connect to their Spotify account to begin issuing commands.
Spotify currently offers weekly discovery playlists and a “Music Gold” feature updated every Monday and friday. With a Spotify premium subscription, users can now further personalize their listening experience by creating custom playlists powered by AI.
The rollout of the feature is gradual, and availability of AI features is tied to subscription level. Notably, the ChatGPT interface displays within its own app, not directly within Spotify, and music playback is initiated from within ChatGPT.
Altman highlighted Spotify alongside other applications like Canva, Booking.com, and Figma as examples of potential integrations for the evolving ChatGPT platform. This integration represents openai’s initial foray into establishing ChatGPT as a central hub for interacting with a variety of services.