LinkedIn reported that over 1 million users clicked its new 'seems like AI slop' button in the first two weeks, leading to a 40% reduction in views of AI-flagged content, as the platform combats AI-ge…
A developer released CanvasForMusic, a free Spotify Canvas maker that lets artists create looping videos from their existing artwork using a vinyl rotating or crop-and-zoom preset, with no sign-up req…
Luminate, an entertainment data company, announced on Tuesday (Aug. 25) that it will add labels for AI-generated content to its platform starting later this year, using a combination of proprietary id…
Crooked Media has acquired the rights to revive the 'FiveThirtyEight Politics' podcast, which will relaunch on Sept. 9 as 'Still Counting,' hosted by Nate Silver, Clare Malone, and Galen Druke. The we…
Australia's Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has banned wholly AI-generated songs from its official music charts, requiring recordings to be 'substantially human made' to qualify, with…
Dr. Dre said in an interview with Jimmy Iovine that he uses AI as a creative tool and called out 'closet AI producers' who use the technology but won't admit it, comparing resistance to AI to the reje…
TikToker Grace Brassel went viral on August 19 after meeting Xavier 'X' Jernigan, Spotify's head of cultural partnerships, who is the real person behind the AI DJ known as DJ X on Spotify. Jernigan, w…
Spotify removed 75 million bulk uploads, duplicate songs, and other 'spammy' tracks, and LinkedIn tightened its detection systems, as platforms push back against AI-generated content slop, according t…
Suno and BMG announced a global licensing partnership on August 12, 2026, making BMG the second major rights holder after Warner Music Group to license its catalog to the AI music generator, with retr…
Training AI on copyrighted books may be legal under US fair use doctrine, according to proponents who argue that AI training is transformative and non-expressive, but authors are fighting back as AI m…
Dr. Dre, the seven-time Grammy-winning producer, said in a New York Times interview that he uses AI as a production tool and dismissed critics as 'afraid of learning new things,' comparing them to tho…
Over one million LinkedIn users have clicked its 'seems like AI slop' button since it launched in August, according to Hari Srinivasan, Chief Product Officer at LinkedIn, who also estimates members no…
Apple Inc. told record labels on August 20 that its AI Transparency Tags, previously invisible in its back-end content delivery system, will appear as visible "Made With AI" labels on track pages befo…
AWS open-sourced its AI-Driven Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) methodology at the end of 2025, a 30+ stage framework across 5 phases that relies on human mob-review of AI-generated artifacts. A new gu…
Stripe's autonomous coding agents, called Minions, now generate over 1,300 pull requests per week, with tasks originating from Slack messages, bug reports, and feature requests. The volume metric, hig…
Apple Music will add visible labels to flag AI-generated songs, with the feature launching later this year, according to an email obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The labels will be mandatory for c…
Apple Music will make "Made With AI" labels visible to listeners later this year, requiring record labels and distributors to flag material AI use across tracks, compositions, artwork and music videos…
Google Home is rolling out an August 20 update that improves Spotify command recognition, changes broadcasts to a two-step process, and adds voice control for setting smart light color temperature to …
Apple Inc. announced that Apple Music will visibly label AI-generated content to listeners later this year, marking the first time the service has provided a general ETA for the feature. In an email t…
Apple Music will begin labeling songs derived from AI platforms with a “Made With AI” tag later this year, requiring record labels and distributors to disclose when a material portion of a track was c…