The week in generative media · Aug 3 – Aug 10, 2026
South Korea's music copyright collective KOMCA lifted its ban on AI-assisted songs on August 3, 2025, replacing the restriction — which had been in place since March 24, 2025 — ...
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Two Singapore-based AI studios released generative-media short films on National Day (August 9): Edenstone's "Bersama Majulah," a zombie-outbreak story set during a fictional Na...
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Filmmaker Bob Gaudette and producer Kirk Hipkiss have launched Nolia Studios, an AI-native film and television production company based in Toronto built around original IP. Its ...
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Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Harbin Institute of Technology have introduced LeapTalk, a framework that generates real-time talking-head video in a single f...
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Musixmatch has launched Sentinel, a screening technology designed to detect copyrighted compositions, lyrics, and music in both AI prompts and generated outputs. AI music platfo...
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When a key investor pulled out of Singapore drama series Crooks around Chinese New Year — taking roughly 40% of its budget with it — producer Boi Kwong and his team had three mo...
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EROS Universe has announced the AI Creator Audition, a nationwide talent hunt spanning Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai, aimed at discovering AI-native writers and dire...
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Researchers from Beihang University, InSpatio Research, and Zhejiang University have proposed QuerySplat, a feed-forward 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) framework that separates ge...
The 150th-anniversary production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at Bayreuth Festival debuted with AI-generated backdrop imagery at its core, drawing a sharply divided audience response....
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Suno has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a new service that allows users to press songs generated on its AI music platform into physical 12-inch vinyl records. The move marks ...
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A federal court has refused to dismiss a copyright infringement class action lawsuit filed by independent artists against AI music generator Udio, allowing the case to proceed. ...
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Autodesk has announced 3D Editor + Canvas, a major expansion of its Flow Studio platform that lets filmmakers block and direct scenes in 3D space before handing off final render...
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