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AI seems to be seeping into every facet of society these days, but that may not be the case in communities where English isn\u2019t the dominant language. Spotify is working to correct that by offering a Spanish-speaking version of its DJ feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n Spotify announced the new Spanish speaking feature for its DJ mode also known as Xavier or \u201cX\u201d on Wednesday. The new DJ is named Livi and Spotify has even given its new DJ a backstory describing her as a \u201cSenior Music Editor at Spotify based out of Mexico City\u201d and \u201ca music expert who has spent her entire career in the music industry.<\/p>\n It\u2019s basically a cruder version of how Jon Hamm can digitally assign backgrounds and perspectives to \u201ccookies\u201d in Black Mirror\u2019s <\/em>Christmas episode. Does this mean X and Livia will start screaming if we play Wizzard\u2019s \u201cI Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday\u201d on an endless loop?<\/p>\n DJ is an AI generated list of curated songs based on a Spotify user\u2019s listening history. The DJ feature also includes an AI voice introducing and commenting on some of the songs it picks just like a radio DJ would except this DJ plays songs you actually want to hear. The music streaming service launched DJ last year using OpenAI<\/a>. Six months later, Spotify expanded DJ\u2019s reach to 50 countries<\/a> but only in English.<\/p>\n Spotify\u2019s DJ is also starting to get some competition. YouTube Music<\/a> just announced its own AI-generated conversational DJ radio generator for select users. If they don\u2019t call him \u201cYouGene,\u201d then they are missing out on pure pun gold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n