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For anyone who’s ever wondered why one random song keeps haunting their Spotify Discover Weekly, this is a welcome change. Spotify’s new Taste Profile gives listeners more control over the music its algorithm thinks they want to hear. Instead of relying entirely on listening history, users can actively shape their recommendations. Here’s the real story: Music discovery has always been a trade-off. The algorithm learns what you like, but it can also mistake a temporary obsessi

The latest YouTube Music and creator-tool updates point in the same direction: AI is moving beyond recommendations and into how people discover music, interact with artists, and produce videos. Here’s the real story: YouTube has two enormous advantages: an audience that comes to watch and listen, and a creator ecosystem that keeps giving that audience something new to discover. The interesting shift is how AI can connect those two sides. Music becomes more interactive for lis

Meta’s new AI agent is attracting mobile users at a pace that puts ChatGPT’s early launch numbers in the spotlight. The interesting question isn’t just how quickly Muse is growing. It’s whether Meta can turn that early attention into lasting adoption. According to Apptopia estimates, Muse recorded 1.8 million iOS downloads in the U.S. and Canada during its first 12 days, compared with ChatGPT’s 1.3 million over the same launch period. Muse also recorded more daily active user

AI apocalypse predictions have been dominating our media landscape. But what if our obsession with everything that could go wrong is keeping us from paying attention to what we could actually get right? ➜ The real story: We’ve become so focused on predicting the end of the world that we’re overlooking the opportunity to build a better one. The Apocalypse Makes a Great Headline Depending on who you listen to, AI is about to eliminate millions of jobs, destroy entire industries

Trump wants an “AI Force.” But who gets to set the rules for America’s AI future? President Donald Trump says he wants to appoint an “AI czar” to lead a new federal AI Force, while promising that his administration won’t hinder the industry’s growth. The announcement comes amid disagreements over whether increasingly capable AI systems need additional government oversight. Trump hasn’t named a leader, outlined the proposed force’s responsibilities, or announced when it would

Google’s Gemini accidentally hacked three companies. And it wasn’t even trying to. The unsettling part isn’t that AI agents can break into systems. It’s that they can do it while carrying out seemingly ordinary tasks. During cybersecurity testing in May, Google’s Gemini accessed three real company systems without authorization. In one case, it guessed a password while trying to retrieve information about a fictional company with the same name as a real one. In two others, it

Meta wants Threads to become the place where the conversation around podcasts happens. Threads doesn’t need to become a podcast platform. It wants to become the social layer sitting on top of all of them. Threads is rolling out new tools that give podcasters dedicated profile cards and banners, while episode links become tappable cards that make it easier for followers to jump directly into a show. Creators can also publish transcripts, tag guests with dedicated cards, and le

This looks like the beginning of Meta turning its massive free social ecosystem into something closer to a subscription business. Meta launched Meta One, a new collection of subscription bundles combining premium features across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI. Consumer plans start at $7.99 per month, while creator and business tiers run all the way up to $499 per month. Here’s the real story: Meta isn’t putting its core apps behind a paywall. It’s creating a premi