Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
The name that struck fear into the hearts of music executives in the early dotcom era may be coming to a classroom near you.In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it has signed a strategic partnership with Gems Education to build AI agents and digital personas for education. In doing so, the once-notorious music-sharing company is bringing its technology into the classroom and testing how AI can augment the work of both teachers and students.Today’s Napster, of course, bears no resemblance to its original incarnation as a peer-to-peer music-file-sharing service. “Twenty-five years ago, it was about music and how music should be owned by people, not the gatekeepers.
- ▪The name that struck fear into the hearts of music executives in the early dotcom era may be coming to a classroom near you.In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it has signed a strategic partnership with Gems Education to build AI agents and dig
- ▪In doing so, the once-notorious music-sharing company is bringing its technology into the classroom and testing how AI can augment the work of both teachers and students.Today’s Napster, of course, bears no resemblance to its original incar
- ▪“Twenty-five years ago, it was about music and how music should be owned by people, not the gatekeepers.
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Iain AkermanBusinessSep 18, 2026 5:15 AMNapster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone TeachersOnce the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.Photo-Illustration: Wired Middle East Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyNapster is back. The name that struck fear into the hearts of music executives in the early dotcom era may be coming to a classroom near you.In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it has signed a strategic partnership with Gems Education to build AI agents and digital personas for education.
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