<ul><li>Spotify is cutting off access to some features, such as artist and song suggestions, for developers using its Web API to create third-party apps.</li><li>The move is aimed at preventing developers from unlawfully scraping data from Spotify's platform and using it to create rival AI music recommendation models.</li><li>Developers will also lose access to Spotify's Audio Analysis and Audio Features, as well as algorithmically generated playlists.</li><li>Some Spotify users have expressed frustration at the removal of functionality, suspecting it's motivated more by concerns over training AI models than security or user privacy.</li></ul>

Developers Lose Access to Some of Spotify’s Recommendation APIs

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