Amazon debuts a generative AI-powered playlist feature

Amazon Tune is becoming a member of Spotify in beginning to supply a generative AI-powered playlist feature. For now, Maestro is straight away obtainable in beta to a minute sequence of Amazon Tune users in the US on iOS and Android.

Of us who’re included in the beta will see Maestro on the home display disguise disguise after they update to basically the most modern model of the app. They may maybe rep admission to the gadget by tapping the plus button to arrangement a sleek playlist.

The premise is to expend pure language prompts to arrangement any longer or less playlist imaginable. Your prompts can encompass sounds, activities, emotions and even emoji. Amazon suggests you would set up a query to of Maestro to whip up a playlist of songs that sound love the robotic emoji (by which case you may maybe seemingly hear a bunch of Daft Punk tracks). Diversified prompts the firm suggests encompass “😭 and eating 🍝,” “Fabricate my 👶 a genius,” “Myspace generation hip-hop” and, bizarrely, “Tune my grandparents made out to.” Ewwww.

In step with those tips, it does appear that Maestro is kind of willing to tackle whatever prompts you may maybe well perchance also throw at it, even though Amazon notes that the tech is aloof in beta. As such, Maestro may maybe merely no longer repeatedly rep things handsome without prolong. The firm also says that it has safeguards in situation to prohibit offensive language and grisly prompts.

Amazon plans to roll out Maestro more broadly over time. As things stand, Amazon Tune Unlimited subscribers can hear to Maestro playlists without prolong and build them for later (or fragment them with buddies). Top contributors and users on the advert-supported free tier can hear to 30-2nd previews of their playlists ahead of saving them.

Earlier this month, Spotify debuted a an identical feature for Top rate contributors in the UK and Australia. AI Playlist works in grand the same method as Maestro.