Spotify tests a tool to save AI-made personal podcasts to your library

In short: Spotify is testing a new beta tool that lets people create AI-generated personal audio and save it to their Spotify library.

What happened

Spotify said it wants its app to be a place where people can listen to “personal audio” made by AI, like summaries of class notes or a briefing based on what is on their calendar.

To do this, Spotify released a new command line tool, also called a CLI (a text-based way to control a computer, like giving it instructions in a simple console instead of clicking buttons). The tool is in beta, which means it is still being tested and may change.

Spotify said the tool works if you already use certain programming-focused AI tools, including OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code. After following instructions on GitHub, users log in to Spotify in a browser, write a prompt (a typed request), and the AI creates an audio session that can be saved into Spotify.

Spotify said these AI-made podcasts show up in your library for easy access, but they are private. Other Spotify users cannot find or listen to them.

Why it matters

This is another sign that apps people already use for music and podcasts are trying to include more “made for you” audio. For regular listeners, it could eventually mean Spotify is not just a place to stream shows made by other people, but also a place to store your own custom listening, like a personal radio briefing (think of it as a playlist, but spoken).

Right now, the catch is that it requires developer-style tools. So it is more likely to be used first by power users, not most Spotify customers.

Source: TechCrunch AI