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Assertion Supported
Söderström: Generative recommendation systems exhibit scaling laws unlike older deep learning
“These deep learning based systems, they had flattened out in terms of if you added more user data or more parameters, they did not get better like the LLMs. There were no scaling laws. It's just like, it is what it is, and you could move at .2%. There's someth…”
Gustav Söderström Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 37:00 Spotify Co-President Gustav Söderström on their future with Generative AI
Assertion Contradicted
Söderström: Apple held roughly 98% of podcast market without investing
“Apple hadn't invested in it and they had like nine to eight percent Of the market.”
Gustav Söderström Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 44:38 Spotify Co-President Gustav Söderström on their future with Generative AI
Assertion Supported
Kantrowitz: An entirely AI-generated Epstein podcast hit Spotify's top 30
“One podcast hit the top 30 trending on Spotify. That was entirely AI. Created about the Epstein files, an 80 four-part series, taking those documents and turning it into a show.”
Alex Kantrowitz Mar 18, 2026 ▶ 17:07 Are We Screwed If AI Works? — With Andrew Ross Sorkin
Assertion Supported
Spotify uses detection systems to take down infringing derivative works
“We have detection systems for if you are if it's a derivative of work of something that already exists. So we have systems to take these down.”
Gustav Söderström Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 9:17 Spotify Co-President Gustav Söderström on their future with Generative AI
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