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Spotify announces trial of AI-generated playlists using prompts

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Earlier this fall, Spotify was found to be developing a new feature that would allow its streaming app users to create playlists using AI technology and prompts. Now, that “AI playlists” feature has been spotted in the wild, as part of a test that to see how users will respond to AI-driven playlist creation. Here, a pop-up menu appears and the AI playlist feature is a new option underneath the existing “Playlist” and “Blend” options. The feature’s description reads “Turn your ideas into playlists using AI” and notes that it’s currently only available in English. It remains to be seen if and when the new AI feature goes live to the public.

“Explore & Remember: Globetrotter’s App for Reliving Your Travel Experiences”

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Frequent travelers who want to track their trips and reminisce about their favorite spots and travel memories now have a new app to do so. Globetrotter is today introducing a location-based travel photos app that lets you look back on your past travels and share your memories and stats out to other social apps, like Instagram and others. In addition to sharing your travel highlights and looking back on past trips, Globetrotter also has a feature called “2023 Wrapped,” which leverages the popularity of Spotify Wrapped to showcase your travels for the year, in a similar “year in review” format. He said the idea of building a travel app appealed to him because he also enjoys taking photos on his trips and wanted a way to look back at his past travels in a new way. The app includes a social element, too, where you can add friends and then compete on a travel leaderboard which shows your statistics.