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Spotify Explores Video Lessons for Mastering Music Production and Excel Skills

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Spotify has carved out a business for itself in music streaming, podcast entertainment and audiobooks. Starting with a rollout in the U.K., Spotify is testing the waters for an online education offering of freemium video courses. Mohit Jitani, the London-based product director for the education business, said in an interview that pricing choices were part of what it’s testing. Around half of Spotify Premium subscribers have listened to education or self-help themed podcasts, Spotify says. Offering educational content aimed at running a business, or improving your music production, fits with that.

Utilizing AI to Educate in English: The Aspirations of Loora

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Of the professions in danger of being replaced by AI, language teacher is certainly up there. One of those is Loora, which leans on conversational AI to teach English to students. “The idea for Loora [came from] our frustration with language learning,” Mor told TechCrunch in an email interview. Quite a few English learning platforms offer features along those lines, including OpenAI-backed Speak, Preply (which recently doubled down on AI tech) and ELSA. Loora also intends to launch an enterprise service, broadening beyond its current customer base of 15,000 app users.