Platforms15 Sep 2026
Twitch tests Stream Coach, an AI assistant that critiques each broadcast
An opt-out generative AI feature, open to a small test group, sends streamers tailored feedback on what worked after every broadcast.
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Platforms9 Sep 2026
Eddie AI v4 hands assistant-cut edits to Premiere, Resolve and Avid, with C2PA credentials and on-site hosting
Eddie AI's v4 exports native Premiere, Resolve and Avid projects, signs output with C2PA credentials and can run on a facility's own hardware.
Platforms5 Sep 2026
Fairground puts an all-AI film channel on Roku's free TV lineup
Fairground has packaged its AI filmmakers' work into a free ad-supported channel on Roku, Xumo and Canela, betting viewers will treat it like any other channel.
Platforms31 Aug 2026
AI tracks hijack the streaming profiles of jazz musicians, living and dead
Fake AI singles appeared on the Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music pages of Sonny Criss, Jean Carne and other jazz artists before Spotify removed them.
Platforms31 Aug 2026
Instagram will label AI-generated profiles and limit the reach of those that hide it
Meta is replacing Instagram's AI creator tag with a clearer AI-generated profile label and will throttle AI persona accounts that don't use it.
Platforms21 Aug 2026
Apple Music says AI labels on tracks will arrive later this year
Apple Music will label AI-made tracks later this year, relying on labels and distributors to declare them, with no word on enforcement.
Platforms14 Aug 2026
Anti-AI art app Cara says a Reddit user scraped its whole library
A Reddit user claims to have taken 12 million works from Cara, the app founded so artists could share without feeding AI models.
Platforms14 Aug 2026
New OnlyFans investor vows AI will never be used to replace its creators
Architect Capital's James Sagan rules out bots and automated chats but gives no detail on the AI tools he says will help creators.
Platforms14 Aug 2026
Beatport bans mostly AI-made tracks and starts tagging AI music with Beatdapp
The DJ store will refuse uploads made fully or mostly with AI, allow AI-assisted tracks that are mainly human, and use Beatdapp's detection to label its catalogue.
Platforms13 Aug 2026
Suno releases Studio 2.0, adding MIDI, a synth and custom effects to its browser workstation
Suno's upgraded Studio adds MIDI, a built-in synth, a session chatbot and user-made effects, moving its AI suite closer to a real DAW.
Platforms11 Aug 2026
Suno caps downloads to stop mass-exporting to streaming services
From 3 September, Pro users get 20 downloads a month and free users seven for life, as Suno moves against bulk uploads to streamers and promises label-backed models next.
Platforms11 Aug 2026
Spotify to badge AI-generated artist personas and keep them out of recommendations
From mid-September Spotify labels AI-generated artist identities and keeps them out of recommendations, with review, appeal and later listener reporting.
Platforms10 Aug 2026
Suno takes its Voices cloning feature to phones and to free accounts
Suno users can now clone their singing voice from the mobile apps, and free accounts get a limited trial of the feature.
Platforms6 Aug 2026
Suno opens a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, pressing users' AI songs onto 12-inch records
Suno plans to press songs made on its platform onto personalised 12-inch records at about $45 each, while courts still weigh how it trained its models.
Platforms6 Aug 2026
Suno becomes the first platform to use Musixmatch's Sentinel copyright screening
Suno has plugged Musixmatch's Sentinel into its prompts and outputs to spot copyrighted lyrics and compositions, days after losing to GEMA in Munich.
Platforms3 Aug 2026
Snapchat stops paying for fully AI-generated videos on Spotlight
Fully generated clips lose recommendation and payment, while videos touched up with Snapchat's own AI tools stay eligible with transparency markers.
Platforms29 Jul 2026
Google folds song editing, stems, lyrics and video into Flow Music Spaces
Google's Flow Music now lets users generate, edit, split and illustrate songs in one AI workspace, putting it closer to Suno and Udio.
Platforms29 Jul 2026
AI video of a fake film shoot drowning a miniature Miami nears 700 million Instagram views
An AI clip posing as a practical miniature shoot of Miami's destruction drew almost 700 million Instagram views, reviving questions about Meta's feed.
Platforms27 Jul 2026
Volunteer databases try to spot the AI acts Spotify leaves unlabelled
Sites like SoullessMusic and SlopTracker flag suspected AI artists on Spotify, though their creators concede the detection is imperfect.
Platforms22 Jul 2026
Deezer says half its daily uploads are fully AI-made and will start removing fraud tracks
With AI tracks now over half of daily uploads, Deezer will delete ones tied to streaming fraud or left unplayed for six months.
Platforms21 Jul 2026
TikTok tests Likeness Detection so US creators can find AI deepfakes of their face
An opt-in TikTok trial verifies creators by ID and selfie, then finds AI videos using their face so they can report them.
Platforms20 Jul 2026
TikTok tests a tool that finds AI deepfakes of creators' faces
A limited US test lets verified creators see AI videos that may use their likeness and report them, amid a wave of non-consensual deepfakes.
Platforms17 Jul 2026
Lorde asks Spotify to let artists opt out of AI song explanations
The singer says an AI-written explainer got one of her songs wrong and limits listeners' own reading; Spotify has removed the text she flagged.
Platforms16 Jul 2026
Suno puts song generation inside the iPhone Messages app
iPhone users can now generate and share AI songs without leaving Messages, part of a Suno app update that also adds mashups and voice choices.
