ChatGPT's Apple Music Integration Is Now Live

[MacRumors]

There's now a dedicated Apple Music app for ChatGPT, which allows ChatGPT to make music recommendations and build playlists.

Apple Music can be added to ChatGPT through the Settings section in the Mac app, website, or iOS app. Apple Music is listed under the apps option, and connecting to it requires signing in with your Apple Account for authorization purposes.

ChatGPT can be used to search through the Apple Music catalog for songs, artists, albums, and playlists, even without an Apple Music subscription. OpenAI says that all users are able to discover music, generate playlists, and listen to preview clips in ChatGPT.

Apple Music subscribers can add songs, albums, and playlists to their Apple Music Library using ChatGPT. When Apple Music is added to ChatGPT, it can be selected by tapping on the "+" button. Playlists and suggestions generated by ChatGPT can be opened directly in Apple Music.

ChatGPT's Apple Music feature was first shared yesterday, but the functionality wasn't live. The app is now available to add to ChatGPT.

Update: This article originally suggested that the app could tap into a user's Apple Music listening history, but it does not have this capability and the user's history and playlists remain private. The app can add to a user's Apple Music library but does not have read access.

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[Black_Mage]

I'm confused. Why put in the effort to integrate ChatGPT into anything when Apple is going to switch to Gemini?

 

[akatsuki]

I don't mind Apple spreading their bets on AI, but I can honestly say I don't have any use for this functionality. Can we please just get direct control?

 

[gleepskip]

I'm thrilled about this! I've been looking for ways to share more private data with Sam. He's such a fantastic person.

 

[indefinite]

What's the point of connecting Apple Music when it can't actually access your music and make tailored recommendations?

 

[dannyyankou]

I'm confused. Why put in the effort to integrate ChatGPT into anything when Apple is going to switch to Gemini?

I might be wrong, but I don’t think Apple did any work on their end here. OpenAI just used developer APIs that already existed and made this.

 

[ericg301]

not seeing this...

 

[fatTribble]

I think I’d rather talk to my friends about their music recommendations

 

[ericg301]

"Apple Music batch match is capped at 25 tracks per playlist."

(i asked it to make a playlist of the billboard #1 song on my birthday, each year since ive been born, which is more than 25 years ago)

 

[besler3035]

Got it to work on my phone, but not my Mac. Shows as connected, but no way to trigger it.

 

[ericg301]

got this prompt to work on my mac. very nuanced!

"Make me an Apple Music playlist of the top songs sung by women between 1987-1993 that feature a saxophone with an average bpm over 120."

 

[Klagarde]

I'm confused. Why put in the effort to integrate ChatGPT into anything when Apple is going to switch to Gemini?

My thoughts exactly, but then I think also if you keep them both involved Apple can negotiate prices and switch when one is the clear winner. Or even still come up with their own at a later point instead of just full on one AI provider.

 

[ericg301]

My thoughts exactly, but then I think also if you keep them both involved Apple can negotiate prices and switch when one is the clear winner. Or even still come up with their own at a later point instead of just full on one AI provider.

it's just an API integration, no different than alexa or google home or waze (looking at my page of apps with access)

 

[jz0309]

I'm confused. Why put in the effort to integrate ChatGPT into anything when Apple is going to switch to Gemini?

Cause they want people's mindshare, now, in an attempt to make themselves "desirable".
Pretty sneaky tactic tbh

 

[syklee26]

"find me a sound that makes me smarter"

(plays Eddie Cue podcast)

 

[RealMonster]

Just gimme my friggin' smart playlists on my iPhone. I still rely heavily on them in Music on my Mac. One of the best things they ever made. I have a playlist that mixes music by rating and the amount of time that's passed since I listened to a song (with the assumption that the longer it's been, the more likely I'll be willing to listen to a lower rated song). I've always been so annoyed that the functionality doesn't exist well on my phone.

 

[jz0309]

I think I’d rather talk to my friends about their music recommendations

What, ChatGPT is not your friend? Gee, I wonder why ...
/s

 

[Plutonius]

It's bad enough having to fight with others on what music to listen to.

Now I also have to fight with AI .

 

[jhfenton]

What's the point of connecting Apple Music when it can't actually access your music and make tailored recommendations?

Yeah. I don't get it either. I connected Apple Music, but it can't see my library or my playlists. I even tried Sharing a link for a playlist, and it couldn't read that either. So if I want more music like my Canciones alemanas playlist, I have to manually share a list of the 194 tracks or at least some subset thereof.

It seems like it's really on useful for creating playlists based on text descriptions, and that's not very interesting.

 

[Bustycat]

I think I’d rather talk to my friends about their music recommendations

Friends are always the ones who violate privacy...

 

[ElvisThePelvis]

Well, at least ****in' try it.

It's a bunch of fun and what Apple Intelligence should be:

"Create a playlist in Apple Music for the definitive college radio bands from 1978-1990. Popular is good but deep cuts and one hit wonders are great. Now take it one step further and give me the down tempo Late night DJ Version sprinkled with deep cuts."

I'd be satisfied if AI (Apple Intelligence) could do this as well.

 

[H_D]

Well, at least ****in' try it.

It's a bunch of fun and what Apple Intelligence should be:

"Create a playlist in Apple Music for the definitive college radio bands from 1978-1990. Popular is good but deep cuts and one hit wonders are great. Now take it one step further and give me the down tempo Late night DJ Version sprinkled with deep cuts."

I'd be satisfied if AI (Apple Intelligence) could do this as well.

Superintend Playlist, but I wonder where the DeepCuts and one hit wonders are. Still, it shows what you could do with this, if it had access to your music and no 25-songs-limit.

 

[Blue Nova]

I think I’d rather talk to my friends about their music recommendationsanyone to recommend?

What's the point of connecting Apple Music when it can't actually access your music and make tailored recommendations?

Yes, I agree what’s the point, I know what I want to hear, but Apple Music can’t communicate with me about my music, I use HomePod to play my music, but it never does, that’s where the integration needs to be.

 

[Loismustdie1]

This worked better than I expected! I exported my entire library and uploaded it to ChatGPT as a csv file and added it to memory. Then I had it generate a few playlists and it was spot on. I’m going to enjoy this, even though the 25 track limit blows.

 

[novagamer]

2 things: I hope Claude adds this, and I hope they both add support for Spotify too.

It's actually pretty useful to make playlists with certain related songs in a genre, especially in Apple Music where the public playlists are garbage compared to Spotify. e.g. I want nice background music while Programming, I have used an LLM to manually make a playlist and it was pretty nice.

edit: oh, Spotify is there. Nice. If only Spotify supported Atmos.