Amazon Music Rolls Out AI-Powered Search Feature to Select Users

Amazon Music has announced a new AI-powered search experience which launches on Tuesday in beta to select users. The new experimental feature is meant to enhance music discovery, according to an Amazon press release. A subset of US Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers in the beta will be able to search for an artist in the Amazon Music app on iOS and tap "Explore." From there, they'll encounter "curated music collections" and a quick way to create AI-generated playlists. "By leveraging AI to enhance search and discovery features, we're making it easier for fans to dive deeper into the worlds of their favorite artists and find new ones they'll love," Ryan Redington, general manager of Amazon Music, said in a statement. The press release includes examples of what users might see when they search for artists like Jelly Roll, Bad Bunny and Blackpink. The "Explore" tab for the K-pop group, for instance, presents tracks grouped into categories like "global collaborations" and "pre-2020 clas ... Read full article.