22 Oct 2026 · 3,484 works · 744 news indexed
News
Short original briefs on AI in culture, each linking out to the original reporting rather than reproducing it.
Models19 Sep 2026
Longtime subscribers describe Suno's licensed v6 output as muffled and lifeless and want the retired models back, a reaction that could cost the platform engagement.
Business18 Sep 2026
Disney is handing its technology, data and AI platforms to Character.AI's CEO, an advocate of AI entertainment whose company it once warned off its characters.
Legal & Policy18 Sep 2026
Nine days after v6 launched, the two majors sued again, arguing a model trained on outputs of infringing models inherits the infringement.
Industry18 Sep 2026
An AI-reworked photo won the Maryland State Fair's Neon Lights category; after an online backlash, the fair will disqualify AI-modified entries from next year.
Platforms18 Sep 2026
The song-pitching service will reject tracks its detector flags as AI, with no appeal, arguing it can't sell promotion for music the big streamers will no longer surface.
Industry17 Sep 2026
SIQA's first AI Music Awards on 13 November will put Xania Monet and other AI-generated acts on stage with a live band, without saying how voices that only exist as recordings will perform.
Platforms17 Sep 2026
A distribution loophole lets fraudsters put AI songs on real acts' profiles and collect the royalties, and platforms have yet to close it.
Industry17 Sep 2026
CESA's first AI survey finds most commercial game developers in Japan use generative AI, with member firms chasing efficiency.
Film17 Sep 2026
Golden Rooster now takes AI features with prompts and toolchains attached, Hunan TV airs an AI series in prime time, and iQiyi, Tencent and Youku fund AI features.
Music16 Sep 2026
The Queen guitarist planned an ABBA-style avatar concert but stepped back, saying it could not be built without heavy AI use and the problems that come with it.
Legal & Policy16 Sep 2026
Publishers say Anthropic's Project Panama scanned songbooks and want discovery now; Anthropic says the issue belongs to the later training phase of the case.
Business16 Sep 2026
Believe's chief says two layers of consent stand between its artists and any AI training set, and that Suno's licensed v6 meets the standard its April block did not.
Business16 Sep 2026
Cameron's 3D company takes over the AI stereo-conversion firm behind his Billie Eilish tour film, pitching studios a single 3D pipeline.
Creators16 Sep 2026
A five-minute Grok-made Odyssey won $100,000 in Musk's contest, well short of the feature he promised as a rebuttal to Christopher Nolan's film.
Film16 Sep 2026
Ash Koosha made the fully AI-generated Odyssey feature part-time over four months on the Kling model. It rents for $9.99 and casts the likenesses of 13 real people.
Industry16 Sep 2026
Chinese firms make short dramas cheaply with AI and export them via their own platforms, a model Korean producers are now responding to.
Platforms15 Sep 2026
An opt-out generative AI feature, open to a small test group, sends streamers tailored feedback on what worked after every broadcast.
Legal & Policy15 Sep 2026
The Department of Intellectual Property urges musicians to record their works, keep drafts and trademark their names, and offers free advice and mediation on AI misuse.
Legal & Policy15 Sep 2026
The AFM says Universal and Warner licensed session players' recordings to Suno and Udio without notice or pay, and has asked a New York judge to let the case proceed.
Creators15 Sep 2026
Particle6's AI character sat for a CBS interview and left the reporter unsettled, guessing her age and origin while pitching AI film as a new paintbrush.
Film15 Sep 2026
Kazakhstan's AI film festival drew 8,067 films from 125 countries and offers $2.75 million in prizes and investment when it runs October 1 to 3.
Models15 Sep 2026
ElevenLabs' new music model went live the day after its first major-label agreement, but its three statements on who owns the output say three slightly different things.
Business15 Sep 2026
The AI music company adds a finance chief as it manages a $5.4bn valuation, fast hiring and a stack of copyright suits alongside new label licences.
Music15 Sep 2026
Built with KAIST, the festival's Jazz AI Lounge has AI follow live players and invent bass and drums on the spot, played on a real piano.
