— Ziad Sultan, Vice President of Personalization at SpotifyWith 500 million monthly users, Spotify is the world’s largest music streaming service. 🎵 It’s known for its personalized playlists, made with its recommendation algorithm. Thomas Hodgson studies algorithms and artificial intelligence with a focus on how new technologies from music streaming companies impact artists. — Thomas Hodgson (Professor of Musicology, Ucla)In the early 2000s, many people found music recommendations through top charts and early streaming platforms like Pandora and Last FM . The company is also exploring reinforcement learning, a technique that would allow the recommendation system to learn automatically based on feedback.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2023 08:42 UTC