Spotify plans to launch AI remix tool in early 2027, FT reports
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A paid AI remix tool from Spotify by 2027 would turn the streaming catalog into an interactive substrate, not a fixed library. Labels, artists, and rights holders need to decide now whether they want to be a programmable asset class — and what pricing and attribution looks like when every fan is a remixer.
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