The Reading / Listening - Spotify - Level 0

A.I. sites are less than a year old, but they have got people asking questions. One question is if music made by A.I. is real music. Spotify answered this question. It said A.I. is OK for making most music. Spotify has no plans to ban music created with A.I. It did not like software that copies the voice of a singer.

Spotify said copying is a problem. It deleted a song that copied the voices of the singers Drake, and The Weeknd. Spotify said copying is a problem because anyone can upload a song and say they are Madonna. It is difficult to know if a song is sung by a bot or a human. The future of music will be "tricky".

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Spotify - Level 1 Spotify - Level 2   or  Spotify - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66882414
  • https://cybernews.com/news/spotify-will-not-ban-ai-created-content/
  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spotify-not-ban-ai-made-233353784.html


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. A.I. sites are less
  2. they have got people
  3. music made by AI
  4. Spotify answered
  5. It said A.I. is OK for making
  6. ban music
  7. It did not like software
  8. the voice
  1. created with AI
  2. of a singer
  3. most music
  4. asking questions
  5. that copies
  6. than a year old
  7. this question
  8. is real music

Paragraph 2

  1. Spotify said copying is a
  2. It deleted
  3. copied the voices
  4. anyone can
  5. say they
  6. It is difficult
  7. if a song is sung by a bot
  8. The future of music will be
  1. "tricky"
  2. of the singers
  3. are Madonna
  4. problem
  5. or a human
  6. a song
  7. to know
  8. upload a song

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A.I. (1) ___________________ than a year old, but they have (2) ___________________ questions. One question is if (3) ___________________ A.I. is real music. Spotify (4) ___________________. It said A.I. is OK for making most music. Spotify has no (5) ___________________ music created with A.I. It did not like software that copies (6) ___________________ a singer.

Spotify said (7) ___________________ problem. It deleted a song that copied (8) ___________________ the singers Drake, and The Weeknd. Spotify said copying (9) ___________________ because anyone can (10) ___________________ and say they are Madonna. It is difficult to know if a (11) ___________________ by a bot or a human. The (12) ___________________ will be "tricky".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

A.I.sitesarelessthanayearold,buttheyhavegotpeopleaskingquestion
s.OnequestionisifmusicmadebyAIisrealmusic.Spotifyansweredthisq
uestion.ItsaidAIisOKformakingmostmusic.Spotifyhasnoplanstoban
musiccreatedwithAI.Itdidnotlikesoftwarethatcopiesthevoiceofasing
er.Spotifysaidcopyingisaproblem.Itdeletedasongthatcopiedthevoic
esofthesingersDrake,andTheWeeknd.Spotifysaidcopyingisaproble
mbecauseanyonecanuploadasongandsaytheyareMadonna.Itisdiffic
ulttoknowifasongissungbyabotorahuman.Thefutureofmusicwillbe"t
ricky".

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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