<p>The canary in the coal mine: Spotify, generative AI and the future of cultural labor</p>

Pallavi Bhargava; Angela Chen; Anika Dugal; Kate-Yeonjae Jeong

doi:10.7490/f1000research.1120540.1

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Bhargava P, Chen A, Dugal A and Jeong KY. The canary in the coal mine: Spotify, generative AI and the future of cultural labor [version 1; not peer reviewed]. F1000Research 2026, 15:641 (poster) (https://doi.org/10.7490/f1000research.1120540.1)

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The canary in the coal mine: Spotify, generative AI and the future of cultural labor

Pallavi Bhargava, Angela Chen, Anika Dugal¹, Kate-Yeonjae Jeong

Published 29 Apr 2026 (https://doi.org/10.7490/f1000research.1120540.1)

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¹ Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Copyright © 2026 Bhargava P et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Published 29 Apr 2026

The canary in the coal mine: Spotify, generative AI and the future of cultural labor
[version 1; not peer reviewed]

Pallavi Bhargava, Angela Chen, Anika Dugal¹, Kate-Yeonjae Jeong

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¹ Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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AI, AI-generated music, generative AI, artists, tech policy

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