Daniel Ek, the CEO of Spotify, wears a navy t-shirt with a guitar on it while standing on a stage with the green Spotify logo on a black background.
Daniel Ek, Spotify CEO.
  • Spotify's CEO said the number of daily podcast episodes about AI have soared 500% in the last 30 days.
  • His comments came just days after the platform removed thousands of AI-generated songs for "artificial streaming."
  • But Daniel Ek added that he thinks AI will become "a big thing on the platform" as more tools come out.

As the hype around AI continues to soar, Spotify podcasters are getting in on the action.

The number of daily podcast episodes about AI has gone up by almost 500% on Spotify in the last 30 days, CEO Daniel Ek tweeted Thursday.