{"id":68182,"date":"2022-10-06T12:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T09:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=68182"},"modified":"2025-09-07T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T09:43:49","slug":"spotify-buys-ai-startup-to-identify-inappropriate-podcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/spotify-buys-ai-startup-to-identify-inappropriate-podcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify buys AI startup to identify inappropriate podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The streaming service Spotify has acquired Kinzen, an Irish startup that uses artificial intelligence to detect and remove harmful content.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Kinzen\u2019s partnership with Spotify began in 2020. Our aligned vision of online safety led to a deeper relationship, and to a decision we are proud to announce today: that Kinzen has been acquired by Spotify. Read more here: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/ifiSWuxgz8\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/ifiSWuxgz8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kinzen (@wearekinzen) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wearekinzen\/status\/1577644962145083392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Kinzen uses a combination of machine learning and human expertise to analyse potentially harmful materials and incitement to hatred in multiple languages. The algorithm will pre-emptively flag issues in different markets, helping Spotify moderate content more effectively, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition is part of Spotify\u2019s efforts to combat harmful content on the platform after the scandal with popular podcaster Joe Rogan. In December 2021, the host invited a virologist onto his show who spread misinformation about the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin-based firm has been working with Spotify since 2020, initially focusing on the integrity of election-related content worldwide. Since then the scope of the company\u2019s responsibilities has broadened.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cKinzen offers a combination of tools and expertise that will help us better understand the content on our platform and new abuse trends,\u201d said Spotify\u2019s Head of Trust and Safety, Sara Hoyle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Spotify signaled a move toward greater transparency around permissible and impermissible content. In January 2022, the company published its platform rules for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In June, Spotify <a href=\\\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2022-06-13\/introducing-the-spotify-safety-advisory-council\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">formed<\/a> the Safety Advisory Council to provide information about harmful content.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, the streaming service began <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/spotify-begins-testing-nft-support\">testing NFT support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, musicians urged Spotify not to use speech-recognition technology.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\\\">ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the latest in AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The streaming service Spotify has acquired Kinzen, an Irish startup that uses artificial intelligence to detect and remove harmful content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1485],"class_list":["post-68182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-spotify"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68184,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68182\/revisions\/68184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}