Hundreds gathered in Tompkins Square Park for the Summer of Ludd festival, featuring a play about the Luddite movement and activities promoting offline community, as Gen Z channels rage against Big Te…
Companies are scrambling to reduce AI spending as providers shift to per-token pricing, with some using tools to make LLMs communicate like cavemen. Meanwhile, entirely fake AI-generated flowers are f…
Cursor's VP of Forward Deployed Engineering, Pauline Brunet, detailed how the company deploys AI agents across the enterprise software development lifecycle, building teams of experienced engineers to…
Tidal announced a new policy that AI-generated music will not be eligible for royalties, while Apple Music and Spotify have implemented disclosure and impersonation rules. The policy aims to prevent f…
TIDAL will strip royalties from fully AI-generated tracks starting July 15, 2026, becoming the first major streaming platform to demonetize such content. The policy, which includes automatic detection…
Tidal will label fully AI-generated music with an "AI" icon starting mid-July and remove fraudulent or deceptive tracks, while also stripping royalties from AI-generated songs to ensure only human-cre…
Spotify's VP of engineering Niklas Gustavsson revealed that the company ships 4,500 deploys daily and 73% of pull requests are AI-assisted, using Claude coding agents across a 20-million-line codebase…
Tidal will stop paying royalties on tracks identified as wholly AI-generated, effective immediately, and will add an "AI" badge to such tracks starting July 15. The streaming platform aims to ensure r…
Tidal announced it will not pay royalties on music identified as 100% AI-generated, effective immediately, and will label such tracks with an icon starting July 15th. The platform aims to protect arti…
Music streaming service Tidal announced it will not pay royalties for wholly AI-generated music, stating its priority is ensuring royalties go to original works produced by people. The company will la…
Tidal announced a new AI policy requiring artists to label music wholly or substantially created using AI, and banning royalties from such streams, effective July 15. The policy aims to protect authen…
TIDAL will allow fully AI-generated music on its platform but will block it from earning royalties, effective June 29. The policy, which also includes AI badges and removal of fraudulent content, aims…
TIDAL will tag fully AI-generated music with an AI badge, block it from royalties and direct-to-fan sales, and remove AI tracks that impersonate artists, effective July 15. The streaming service aims …
TIDAL announced a new policy preventing fully AI-generated music from being monetized on its platform, effective July 15, 2026. The streaming service will tag AI-generated tracks with an 'AI' badge an…
An anonymous enterprise spent $500 million in a single month on Claude AI due to a lack of usage limits, while Uber exhausted its 2026 AI budget before mid-year. JPMorgan reported AI token costs are e…
A Bank of America Institute study found that one in three Gen Zers used AI tools for homebuying research in the past year, reflecting a generational shift toward technology for major financial decisio…
A new social gifting app called Giftmaxxing, featuring an AI companion named Maxi that analyzes users' Pinterest, Spotify, and saved finds to suggest personalized gifts, has launched a waitlist for ea…
Unilever is transforming its marketing model by treating creators as a new mode of engagement rather than a media channel, with plans to spend half its media budget on social channels and increase inf…
OpenPhone, a new open-source AI-native Android OS, was released as a developer preview for the Google Pixel 9a. The OS integrates a system-level AI agent that can see the screen, operate apps, and per…
Deezer launched Remix Lab, a feature that lets fans remix songs using in-app tools with artist consent and royalty payments, deliberately avoiding AI. The tool is available in France on select artists…