Cost savings comes in many forms. This article talks about how Spotify has gamed their music list by directing users content that Spotify owns.

What looked to be over 650 artists turned out to be a single musician. And by having users unknowingly listen to music they owned, Spotify was able to pocket the money that would have gone to some other musician.

Mind you, this was all done without AI. Imagine what can be done with AI. While major artists will continue to be in demand, how will an unknown artist compete when a streaming service actually loses revenue every time a user listens to someone new?

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?