Spotify launched on Thursday in the United States and Canada an artificial intelligence-based feature that allows premium users to personalize their playlists based on their listening habits and commands.
Following the success achieved in New Zealand, this expansion is the latest in a series of AI-based updates from the Swedish streaming platform to attract more users to its subscription plans from the free tier.
Spotify said the new feature would position users as active participants who drive the algorithm using their own words and intentions, rather than passive recipients of suggestions provided by the streaming platform.
SAP starts 2026 with “good momentum” and is positioned as a leader in artificial intelligence in enterprise resource planning and finance, Oppenheimer stated in a note on Thursday.
The company will release its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 28, and Oppenheimer said his research indicates a slightly positive quarter for SAP, with modest upside to estimates due to AI momentum, IT investment and pipeline growth.
SAP has a visible re-acceleration trajectory as management has positively restructured the business strategy and operational structure for a cloud- and AI-based future, and monetized its extensive installed base with AI offerings, the RISE subscription service, and cloud enterprise resource planning S/4HANA migrations.
Alsea, a Mexican coffee shop chain with operations in Latin America and Europe, said that it concluded the process of early amortization of debt denominated in dollars and euros, as part of a strategy designed to strengthen its capital structure and to improve its maturity profile.
In total, the company prepaid $500 million and €300 million of senior unsecured notes it had outstanding.
Vasconia Groupa producer of aluminum and steel items for the home and other sectors, said it decided to extend the capitalization date as part of its bankruptcy agreement.
The company added that the date of the capitalization stage of liabilities of Grupo Vasconia and its subsidiary Almexa may not exceed April 22.
