Spotify is testing an AI-driven personal DJ for Spotify Premium users in select regions—all you have to do is turn it on.
Whether you use Spotify for its social aspects or prefer to keep your music to yourself, the music streaming service has a slightly more personal feature for you to check out. Spotify's new AI DJ generates a personalized playlist for you that pulls from your established interests, complete with commentary to go along with each track it presents.
According to Spotify, DJ is powered by "generative AI through the use of OpenAI technology" to choose your songs. It also uses the voice of Spotify's Head of Cultural Partnerships, Xavier "X" Jernigan, as the model for its AI DJ voice model. This digital approximation of X will talk you through the various songs that pop up, which are themselves all selected using Spotify's recommendation tools. You'll receive a stream of tracks picked based on what you like, what you've listened to, and what you may be interested in, with the assortment adjusting over time with your feedback.