Spotify Engineering https://engineering.atspotify.com/ Spotify’s official technology blog Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:56:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://storage.googleapis.com/production-eng/1/2021/03/cropped-Engineering-Icon-RGB-512x512-light-120x120.png Spotify Engineering https://engineering.atspotify.com/ 32 32 Bridging the Product & Research gap - Part I: Demystifying Product for Researchers https://engineering.atspotify.com/2025/2/bridging-the-product-research-gap-part-i-demystifying-product-for-researchers/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:07:41 +0000 https://engineering.atspotify.com/?p=blogpost_17102c7ca5df91e7f990be356c16d104 Developing innovative products play an essential part of Spotify’s success...

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]]> Contextualized Recommendations Through Personalized Narratives using LLMs https://engineering.atspotify.com/2024/12/contextualized-recommendations-through-personalized-narratives-using-llms/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:59:12 +0000 https://engineering.atspotify.com/?p=blogpost_f68475ffffd4a7e37a00bcadd7557406 Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), offers new opportunities to connect listeners...

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]]> PODTILE: Facilitating Podcast Episode Browsing with Auto-generated Chapters https://engineering.atspotify.com/2024/10/podtile-facilitating-podcast-episode-browsing-with-auto-generated-chapters/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:30:53 +0000 https://engineering.atspotify.com/?p=blogpost_e1acbe3a5cf9a4ccc1c823484f20d2d4 Listeners often find it challenging to navigate long podcast episodes due to their long duration...

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]]> Bridging Search and Recommendation with Generative Retrieval https://engineering.atspotify.com/2024/10/bridging-search-and-recommendation-with-generative-retrieval/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:35:13 +0000 https://engineering.atspotify.com/?p=blogpost_5737f57beab08e731640cb426b907669 Search engines and recommendation systems use different signals to represent users and catalog items, catering to their distinct tasks..

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]]> Socially-Motivated Music Recommendation https://engineering.atspotify.com/2024/6/socially-motivated-music-recommendation/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:22:48 +0000 https://engineering.atspotify.com/?p=blogpost_dadd61fc96ecb9871ca94aacfa4c5e0f tldr - The wide variety of reasons people listen to music include both individual motivations, like self-awareness and mood regulation, as well as social motivations, such as demonstrating belonging to a group or feeling connected to friends.

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