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Amazon Music’s new ‘Topics’ feature uses AI to recommend podcast episodes

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Illustration: The Verge

Amazon Music on Tuesday introduced Topics, a new AI-powered feature that should let you easily discover other related podcasts based on topics discussed in a particular episode.

After analyzing podcast transcriptions and descriptions to identify key topics, AI, with the aid of human reviewers, generates a Topics tag button. Located beneath each episode description, clicking on any tag will produce a list of related podcast episodes to that subject.

As an example, Amazon shared an Amazon Music mobile app screenshot of an episode about the effects of caffeine as a drug from the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Titled, “Selects: The Duality of Caffeine,” Amazon added three Topics tags underneath the product description: “Caffeine,” “Coffee,”…

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