Music1 Oct 2026
Kelly Clarkson says she loves AI but wants AI acts kept off the human charts
On a podcast, Clarkson said she enjoys AI as a creative tool but thinks AI acts should get their own chart instead of competing with human singers.
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Industry1 Oct 2026
Singapore's IMDA and TikTok launch a microdrama programme with an AI animation track
Twenty local companies will learn to make short vertical series over six to nine months, with one track built on AI animation tools such as Seedance.
Film1 Oct 2026
Austin AI Film Festival names 40 films and its speakers for its second edition
The festival says it picked 40 films from over 700 entries for its October event, with masterclasses from AI studio founders and a hackathon.
Film1 Oct 2026
Ben Affleck says his Netflix film Animals used AI, but won't say where
Affleck says tools from his startup InterPositive, now owned by Netflix, were used on the film, but he refuses to say which scenes to keep the illusion.
Legal & Policy1 Oct 2026
Bombay High Court orders deepfakes of Samantha Ruth Prabhu taken down
An interim order protects the actor's name, image and voice against deepfakes, cloned audio and AI chatbots, in a suit naming Meta, Google and Amazon.
Film1 Oct 2026
Adana Golden Boll festival screens 10 AI short films and puts their directors in front of the audience
Ten AI shorts screened in Adana's competition, and their directors said cheap tools let them film scripts no one would fund.
Creators1 Oct 2026
Nikon re-reviews its Small World in Motion winner after scientists allege AI
Scientists say the winning microscopy video shows impossible structures and an AI watermark; the entrant says AI was only used for colouring.
Industry1 Oct 2026
Premio Tenco makes AI and the human song the theme of its 2026 edition
Sanremo's songwriting festival titles its edition 'Dio è morto' and holds a round table on the song in the age of AI.
Film1 Oct 2026
Efsaneler Takımı, billed as Turkey's first AI film, casts the Denizli rooster as a veteran hero
An animated feature billed as Turkey's first AI film opens with a heritage cast that includes Denizli's famous rooster.
Creators1 Oct 2026
Nexon replaces AI-assisted event art in Dungeon Fighter Online after player criticism
Players objected to AI-made reward art in a new Dungeon Fighter Online event; Nexon pulled the images, apologised and promised tighter checks.
Creators1 Oct 2026
Creators who shunned AI content are now building it into their workflows
Digiday finds creators quietly using AI across their workflows, while brands fear AI flags and YouTube's new testing tools raise worries about sameness.
Film1 Oct 2026
Joseph Gordon-Levitt says Tilly Norwood is a character, not an actress
In an Instagram video, Gordon-Levitt said Particle 6's AI 'actress' is a made character built from uncredited human work, so it cannot give a performance.
Music1 Oct 2026
Nippon Columbia launches Neo Kobushi, an enka label that uses generative AI for songs, voices and videos
Japan's Nippon Columbia starts a 'cyber enka' label where AI writes, sings and films alongside human singers, opening with three songs.
Creators1 Oct 2026
Noel Miller says TMG Studios will stay fully human-made as it moves into fictional podcasts
Launching an improvised convenience-store series, TMG Studios founder Noel Miller says his 11-show podcast network will not use generative AI.
Legal & Policy1 Oct 2026
Ted Cruz blocks the NO FAKES Act on the Senate floor over free-speech concerns
Cruz objected to Blackburn's unanimous-consent request, stopping the bill that would give people a federal right over AI copies of their voice and likeness, for now.
Creators1 Oct 2026
DNABLE takes virtual boy group BEGRITZ to Indonesia Comic Con before its debut
DNABLE's five-member virtual group makes its first stage appearance in Jakarta, as the company pitches virtual K-pop idols to Asian fans and industry.
Music30 Sep 2026
Questlove likens generative AI to sampling and asks that sources be credited and paid
On a Billboard podcast, Questlove called AI music a successor to sample culture and said creators whose work trains it deserve openness and fair pay.
Film30 Sep 2026
Pete Davidson says AI stood in for far-flung locations on Doug Liman's Bitcoin film
The actor says AI replaced global location shoots on Bitcoin, avoiding a $250 million budget, while crew, extras and performances stayed real.
Creators30 Sep 2026
100 Thieves admits a designer used AI on its RuneScape merch shirt
Fans spotted garbled icons on a shirt from the Old School RuneScape collab; 100 Thieves says one designer used AI on a rushed final edit.
Models30 Sep 2026
Utopai Studios releases a new PAI production platform and its own video model, Utopai X
Utopai's new PAI platform pairs screenplay-aware production tools with Utopai X, a video model the company says ranks second on a blind-vote leaderboard.
Business30 Sep 2026
T.I. invests in Pocstock, a Black-owned firm licensing images and data to AI developers
The rapper backs a Newark company that licenses culturally representative images and data to AI firms on terms that keep creators paid and in control.
Creators30 Sep 2026
Edison survey finds most podcast fans would react badly to an AI clone of their favourite host
Edison Research found 66% of weekly US podcast listeners would feel negative, often deceived or upset, if a favourite host switched to an AI version.
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Music30 Sep 2026
Jason Derulo remakes a TikTok hit that began with AI vocals, using human singers
An AI-sung version of The Second Voice's song spread on TikTok; Derulo re-recorded it with human vocals and Qing Madi, keeping the Zambian producer in the credits.
Platforms30 Sep 2026
Meta adds an AI assistant to Edits that reads creators' Instagram stats and pitches ideas
Instagram's Edits app gets a chatbot that mines a creator's own metrics to suggest ideas, hooks and audio, free up to a daily cap.
