Platforms21 Apr 2026
YouTube opens its AI likeness detection tool to Hollywood studios and other public figures
Deepfake detection built with CAA now reaches studios, actors, musicians and athletes, as YouTube courts a Hollywood wary of AI.
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Creators21 Apr 2026
Reese Witherspoon says nobody pays her to promote AI after backlash
After criticism of her posts urging women to learn AI, the actor said she is not being paid and called people's concerns valid.
Film17 Apr 2026
Spirit Studios launches 10 Minute History, an AI-assisted YouTube history channel
The studio's first AI-assisted channel tells history in one-minute chapters, with human producers and narrators and AI helping on scripts, visuals and music.
Film17 Apr 2026
Sandra Bullock and Warner Bros.' Pam Abdy welcome fan-made AI trailers for Practical Magic 2
Asked about fan-made AI trailers using her likeness, Bullock said the industry must learn to use AI, and Abdy called the clips a sign of demand.
Platforms16 Apr 2026
TikTok adds ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 to its Symphony AI ad toolkit
Brands on TikTok can now generate video ads with Seedance 2.0 inside Symphony, as ByteDance pushes its AI video model into advertising.
Models16 Apr 2026
ByteDance opens Seedance 2.0 to business customers in 100+ countries, but not the US
After the Hollywood backlash, ByteDance is selling Seedance 2.0 abroad with face and copyright filters, while keeping it out of the US.
Film16 Apr 2026
Val Kilmer returns on screen through AI, with his family's consent
Kilmer's children approved a digital recreation for As Deep as the Grave, and the filmmakers frame it as the consented way to bring a lost actor back.
Music15 Apr 2026
Berklee students and alumni petition against a new AI songwriting course
More than 400 signatures oppose 'Bots and Beats', and Berklee says it has to prepare students for AI.
Models15 Apr 2026
Utopai updates its PAI filmmaking model with three-minute 4K video and a continuity agent
The studio's PAI model now renders three-minute 4K clips and tracks continuity across shots, and Utopai says it is in use on Hollywood productions.
Platforms10 Apr 2026
YouTube rolls out AI avatars that let creators appear in Shorts without filming
Creators can train an AI copy of themselves from a selfie and have it front Shorts, with watermarks marking the clips as AI.
Legal & Policy10 Apr 2026
SM Entertainment says 12 people are in prison over deepfakes of its artists
The K-pop agency reports final prison terms of up to four years for 12 people who made or spread sexual deepfakes of its artists, and says it is tracing offenders abroad.
Business9 Apr 2026
Suno's licensing talks with Universal and Sony have stalled, the FT reports
Sources told the Financial Times that Universal and Sony reject Suno's distribution model and see no way forward, while Warner's deal with Suno has produced little.
Business9 Apr 2026
Udio signs Kobalt, its fourth licensing deal since settling with Universal
Kobalt's catalogue will train Udio's opt-in remix and cover platform, extending a run of deals that turned Udio from defendant to licensee, while Sony's suit continues.
Film9 Apr 2026
Fremantle-backed Imaginae Studios unveils Art Awakens, an AI series set inside famous paintings
Fremantle's AI studio Imaginae debuts Art Awakens, short AI-animated films that step inside paintings from The Scream to Nighthawks.
Film9 Apr 2026
David Mackenzie plans Veritas, a film that would use imperfect AI to question recorded reality
The Hell or High Water director wants slightly glitchy AI in Veritas, a film about images no longer being proof, and says it has to be made soon.
Legal & Policy8 Apr 2026
h3h3's company and two golf channels sue Apple and Amazon over AI training on YouTube videos
The three YouTube creators have now sued six tech companies, alleging their videos were scraped via the Panda-70M dataset to train AI video models.
Film6 Apr 2026
Chuck Norris's family asks fans not to share AI fakes that spread after his death
Chuck Norris's family asked fans not to trust or share AI-made posts that spread false claims about his death, health and family after he died in March.
Music5 Apr 2026
Folk singer Murphy Campbell faces AI voice-cloned covers on Spotify and false Content ID claims
North Carolina folk singer Murphy Campbell found AI-cloned covers on her Spotify page and her YouTube videos claimed through distributor Vydia.
Film4 Apr 2026
Netflix open-sources VOID, an AI tool that deletes objects from video and their effects
Netflix researchers released a model that removes things from footage and also fixes the collisions and other physical effects they caused, free for commercial use.
Business3 Apr 2026
HarperCollins hires AI studio Toonstar to turn its children's books into YouTube cartoons
The publisher's multiyear deal starts with Friendship List as short YouTube episodes, animated through Toonstar's AI system from human-drawn art.
Platforms3 Apr 2026
Meta removes a Facebook page that used AI to spread fake stories about William Shatner
After Shatner said Facebook ignored a page spreading AI-made fake stories about his health, Meta removed it for breaking its policies.
Film2 Apr 2026
WildBrain says AI-assisted restoration caused glitches in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
The distributor says its restoration of the 1989 series is human-led but AI-assisted, and that it is fixing distortions viewers spotted on MeTV Toons.
Business2 Apr 2026
Altman says OpenAI and Disney are still talking after Sora's shutdown
Sam Altman says he warned Disney before closing Sora and that talks continue, while Disney's wider use of OpenAI's products is being re-examined.
Platforms1 Apr 2026
Fairplay leads 200 groups and experts asking YouTube to curb AI videos aimed at children
An open letter backed by 135 organisations says AI videos harm young children and asks YouTube to label them and stop recommending them to kids.
