19 Oct 2026 · 3,035 works · 710 news indexed
News
Short original briefs on AI in culture, each linking out to the original reporting rather than reproducing it.
Legal & Policy27 Sep 2026
A Tokyo court rules September 30 on whether TikTok had to remove videos voiced by an alleged AI clone of Tsuda, in what may be Japan's first test of a performer's right to their voice.
Creators27 Sep 2026
Oil-rig shift worker Dzmitry Yarmolich writes lyrics and prompts and has AI make the music. He has released five albums of Belarusian folk-dance songs in six months.
Music27 Sep 2026
HUGEL wants the Academy to name the AI elements behind the ruling, saying about 95% of the released track was made by people from an AI-born starting point.
Film27 Sep 2026
Jia Zhangke's road movie with Zhao Tao gives a housebound woman an AI helper, but the director says no AI tools will be used to make it.
Music27 Sep 2026
FIMI's Enzo Mazza says gangs pair AI-made tracks with bot plays to divert royalties from small artists. He wants platforms, distributors, charts and courts to act together.
Film27 Sep 2026
Nearly 600 people applied; 15 teams made finished micro-dramas with AI performers and animation to a fixed deadline, and seven works won awards.
Film26 Sep 2026
Korea's holiday travellers are bingeing AI-made short dramas, and distributors say a fifth to a third of overseas orders now ask for AI titles.
Film26 Sep 2026
Quebec viewers are criticising AI-generated clue clips in the new season of TVA's Chanteurs masqués, saying they miss the human crews' work.
Film26 Sep 2026
Simeon Wilkins posted a sample of his boards after viewers took their rough style for generative AI, as the film opened strongly with critics and at the box office.
Business26 Sep 2026
Investors now put the voice-AI company at roughly twice its February price, and its CEO says he will accept thinner margins to keep growing market share.
Models26 Sep 2026
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS can copy a voice from a short sample only after its owner records matching consent, and the feature is switched off in several regions.
Legal & Policy26 Sep 2026
SB 1050 makes California ads say when an AI-generated performer or narrator is used, with exceptions for translation and for films and games.
Creators26 Sep 2026
At the Zurich Summit where she debuted, Particle 6's AI performer is still unsigned, and her creator says the studio turns down traditional film roles.
Film26 Sep 2026
The hit romance is streaming again under a new title, with Wang Zhu Yue's face placed over Zheng Shuang's in the original footage instead of a reshoot.
Platforms26 Sep 2026
An Opensurvey poll of 900 users finds most distrust AI-made posts and ads, and want platforms to label them and show which parts used AI.
Industry26 Sep 2026
FIPRA chairman Isireli Gumatua says the society will seek removal of infringing AI-made and AI-remade music. He announced it at the FIPRA Music Awards, back after two years.
Film26 Sep 2026
Listings range from $7 to $15,000 as producers of AI short dramas buy people's likenesses, raising questions about consent and control.
Film26 Sep 2026
A voice AI built from Yuki Kaji's voice plays an AI defendant in a new Tales of the Unusual episode, without Kaji recording any of the lines.
Film26 Sep 2026
The EBS1 series builds a first-person account around a gisaeng barely mentioned in the Annals of King Sejong, filling gaps with researched imagination.
Music26 Sep 2026
The TikTok hit Bonito, bonito is sung by Thiago Navarro, an AI 'digital artist' made by Venezuelan creator Anier Cruz, who says it was about joy.
Music25 Sep 2026
THE MOTEL's viral single 'NO' hit No. 1 on Japan's iTunes Alternative chart while fans and critics debate whether Suno was involved.
Platforms25 Sep 2026
The casting site's email offering AI voice models for client auditions met scorn from actors, exposing a trust gap despite its consent rules.
Film25 Sep 2026
Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing offer office space, compute vouchers and cash to AI video makers as short-drama costs fall from about 5,000 yuan a minute to a few hundred.
Music25 Sep 2026
Helena Matos asked fans to stop making AI images and videos of her late brother, citing his image rights and the distress it causes his mother and son.
