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How Spotify Engineers Your Emotions

Spotify's algorithm predicted your playlist 3 days ago using heart rate data and skip patterns. Discover how AI manipulates your musical emotions.

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You think you chose that playlist. Spotify's algorithm chose it, based on your listening history, time of day, and how many times you skipped a song. In 2024, the platf

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