Creators7 Jul 2026
Singapore trio's TikTok account uses Suno to remake school anthems as pop and rock
Recess Remix has posted over 90 AI versions of Singapore school songs, drawing big view counts and mixed reviews from students and alumni.
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Film6 Jul 2026
AI performer Tilly Norwood gets her first lead role in feature Misaligned
Particle6 is developing a comedy-drama starring its synthetic actress, made with retrained human filmmakers and AI specialists.
Legal & Policy6 Jul 2026
Midjourney asks a judge to make Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. disclose their own AI use
Sued over famous characters, Midjourney wants the studios to show their own internal AI use, arguing it would bolster its fair use and unclean hands defences.
Music6 Jul 2026
Sydney booking agency apologises after putting an AI act on a live bill
Good Intent Music took the blame after an undisclosed AI act played a Sydney show, saying it failed to check the booking properly.
Business3 Jul 2026
Kuaishou raises about $2 billion for its Kling AI video unit
The funding values Kuaishou's AI video tool Kling at $18 billion ahead of a planned Hong Kong listing.
Business2 Jul 2026
Google and Idris Elba's Akuna Group fund AI tools for African creators
A $1 million program aims Gemini and Veo-based Flow at about 100,000 creators in five countries, alongside a wallet for cross-border pay.
Legal & Policy2 Jul 2026
Judge refuses to let Sony add 30,000 more recordings to its Udio lawsuit
Sony's Udio case stays at 333 works after a judge ruled that adding 30,442 recordings late in discovery would reshape it.
Industry1 Jul 2026
Madrid pitching lab made teams use an AI image tool, and most dropped it
Next Lab required finalists to use Quill and the AI tool Magnific; most praised the VR tool and set the AI aside over consistency, control and cost.
Platforms1 Jul 2026
Naver Webtoon launches byUs, an AI chat service for stories set in licensed webtoons
Readers can chat with characters from author-approved webtoons and steer their own storylines, starting with Job Change Log.
Industry30 Jun 2026
Australian music and screen bodies sign open letter against unlicensed AI training
APRA AMCOS, ARIA and screen groups ask Canberra to keep copyright law intact so AI firms need consent and must pay to train on Australian work.
Film30 Jun 2026
Netflix recreates Gene Wilder's voice with AI for a Willy Wonka reality contest
The late actor's estate approved an AI voice for Wonka's The Golden Ticket, a contest show that drew some online criticism.
Legal & Policy30 Jun 2026
Senators reintroduce the AI Labeling Act, with SAG-AFTRA and songwriter groups backing it
A bipartisan Senate bill would make AI audio, video and images carry visible and machine-readable labels, with FTC enforcement.
Platforms29 Jun 2026
Tidal stops paying royalties on music made entirely by AI
The streaming service will label AI tracks and cut off their earnings from July 15, but will not take them down.
Legal & Policy29 Jun 2026
Google policy paper says AI training should stay fair use and copyright fights should target outputs
Google's AI governance paper argues training on public web data is fair use and that copyright should police outputs, while it fights a Lyria suit of its own.
Legal & Policy26 Jun 2026
Backstreet Boys file a sound trademark on their spoken greeting as a guard against AI
The band follows Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie in seeking a voice mark, though it is unclear how far such marks reach against AI soundalikes.
Business26 Jun 2026
Google invests about $75 million in A24 through a DeepMind research partnership
Google's first stake in a film studio funds joint AI tool research with DeepMind; A24 says it wants artists shaping the tools.
Platforms25 Jun 2026
Study finds AI chatbots cite YouTube creator videos in over a quarter of answers
Agency Jellyfish says YouTube is now chatbots' top referral source, which may widen reach for long-form creators but adds to their worries about unlicensed training.
Platforms25 Jun 2026
Suno launches Spark, a paid programme for independent artists with strict terms
Suno offers grants and marketing money to artists who make and promote songs with it, in exchange for approval rights, likeness use and a gag on criticism.
Platforms25 Jun 2026
Suno's Spark grants for indie artists come with a clause banning criticism of Suno
Suno's new incubator pays unsigned artists but requires them to promote Suno, never criticise it and accept arbitration instead of class actions.
Industry25 Jun 2026
Ahoy Comics adopts Matt Kindt's '100% Human-Made' no-AI emblem for all its titles
Ahoy Comics will carry Matt Kindt's open-source '100% Human-Made' emblem, certifying no generative AI, on every future title.
Film25 Jun 2026
Armenia's Little Mher uses AI for images and motion in an animated take on a national epic
An 80-minute Armenian feature used AI for its images and motion, and its makers had to teach the models Armenian speech and villages.
Industry25 Jun 2026
UK agents and actors reject AI clauses in contracts for child voice actors
More than 900 signatories say children cannot consent to voice cloning, after a studio behind a kids' animated franchise refused to drop an AI clause.
Film25 Jun 2026
Protest disrupts Annecy premiere of Hisko Hulsing's AI-assisted short, and the festival backs him
Walkouts and booing greeted Danse Macabre over its AI-assisted style; Annecy's artistic director called the reaction a witch hunt while calling AI worries fair.
Platforms24 Jun 2026
StoReel launches Canvas, letting anyone make AI microdramas, and TheWrap tests it
The Chinese AI microdrama platform opened a tool that turns scripts into episodes. TheWrap made a four-episode spoof for about $150 and found the acting stiff.
