17 Oct 2026 · 2,865 works · 698 news indexed
News
Short original briefs on AI in culture, each linking out to the original reporting rather than reproducing it.
Film16 Oct 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt the actor said AI is fine for improving films, not for replacing actors, and that he could accept an AI version of himself continuing after him.
Legal & Policy16 Oct 2026
Legal & Policy15 Oct 2026
Goku's voice actor Masako Nozawa calls unauthorised AI copies of her voice theft, as Japan's actors union issues voluntary consent guidelines.
Industry15 Oct 2026
Japanese actors' organisations publish a voluntary 22-article code requiring staged, time-limited consent for AI voice use and keeping human performers in dubbing.
Music14 Oct 2026
Stone Music's five-member AI group muuo went viral with an intro video, and fans accuse it of modelling its members' faces on real K-pop idols.
Music14 Oct 2026
Sen. Marsha Blackburn's governor campaign circulated an AI clip set to "Not Like Us", prompting mockery and a rebuke from her Democratic rival.
Music14 Oct 2026
YouTube Music now tags tracks where AI played a major part, with a tap-through explanation, following similar moves by Spotify and Deezer.
Music14 Oct 2026
An AI-voiced single made with Suno has reached third on Korea's Melon chart, prompting new calls for disclosure rules while copyright standards remain undecided.
Industry14 Oct 2026
Russell T Davies says BBC director general Matt Brittin was clumsy to praise an AI-made Doctor Who episode, warning that writers and artists take the first blow from AI.
Industry13 Oct 2026
The Caine Prize has opened a review of its winning story after The Atlantic cited an AI detector; author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI and the prize questions the tool.
Music13 Oct 2026
Grimes's spokesperson says the video has some AI-generated elements inside a large human VFX effort, and that the song and vocals use none.
Platforms13 Oct 2026
Mia Goth's representative says she has no social media and has complained to Instagram about a verified fan page posting an AI-made image of her.
Film13 Oct 2026
Writer Simon Rich says Artificial sticks closely to the record after Sam Altman called its trailer awful, and he frames the film as a warning about AI.
Creators13 Oct 2026
Yuji Horii shared a browser mystery game he says Anthropic's Claude produced in about half an hour, drawing some backlash and a contrast with his hand-built 1983 Portopia.
Platforms13 Oct 2026
Deezer will let users switch off fully AI-generated music in search worldwide by end-2026, citing user demand and a flood of daily AI uploads.
Legal & Policy13 Oct 2026
The chatbot company seeks a court-run sale of its assets; Disney's $20m opening bid covers licensed IP and claims, not the platform, so the app's survival rests on another buyer.
Legal & Policy13 Oct 2026
After UMG sued over alleged AI slop, DistroKid pulled songs from streamers, and independent artists say their own human-made albums were swept up and royalties frozen.
Legal & Policy13 Oct 2026
Australia's record industry bodies say copyright law is working and AI licensing deals already exist, answering the Joint Select Committee on AI's co-chairs.
Industry13 Oct 2026
A Censuswide poll of 2,001 UK 16-24s finds wariness of heavy AI use in film and TV, near-universal demand for disclosure and strong interest in a certification label.
Industry12 Oct 2026
Epic has pushed back its unannounced Disney-licensed shooter and told developers to build it AI-first, with no new release date and some staff reportedly alarmed.
Film12 Oct 2026
Banderas will play Hernán Cortés in an AI-powered feature from Utopai Studios and Ex Machina Studios, now in production in Paris for release next year.
Film12 Oct 2026
DuVernay's closing-night documentary is criticised for apparent AI animation of photographs of Black Americans; she says it recreates a stereoscopic look.
Music12 Oct 2026
SVT received a record 4,077 song entries for Melodifestivalen and thinks many are AI-generated, but has no detection tools and no ban, and is waiting for the music industry's lead.
Industry11 Oct 2026
At Busan's Creative Asia programme, a Netflix production head, Weta FX's CTO and a Korean director said AI is cutting costs and widening ambition while humans keep the creative calls.
