Along the way, as journalist Liz Pelly shows in Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, the company has recast its product in several guises: quasi-legal ...

At its heart, Mood Machine chronicles a music world Pelly deems “broken.” She assigns most of the blame to Spotify and the major labels.

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter and a recent book, Mood Machine, have accused Spotify of tasking a handful of producers to make thousands of songs under fake AI profiles, which the company ...

Explore Mood Machine by Liz Pelly—a powerful critique of Spotify’s algorithm-driven model that prioritizes passive listening over artistic creativity. The book examines the streaming giant’s ...

For millions of people, the soundtrack of their lives is curated by Spotify. The streaming giant has made it easier than ever to listen to music, but journalist Liz Pelly argues that it’s also ...

They’ve developed a simple machine learning model to be used before a new mother is even discharged from the hospital. Postpartum depression is a mood disorder that can occur in the weeks and ...