The week in generative media · Aug 10 – Aug 17, 2026
The Arena Group — the media company that made headlines in 2023 for allowing contractor AdVon Commerce to publish AI-generated fake writers across Sports Illustrated and other t...
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Promise, a new AI film studio backed by Google, Disney, and Silicon Valley venture capital, is producing AI-enabled features from a modest Los Angeles base, using generative mod...
Verena Puhm, formerly Head of Dream Lab LA at Luma AI, has launched Matriarch, a self-funded, Los Angeles-based production company focused on AI-native and hybrid storytelling. ...
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Suno has secured a global licensing agreement with BMG, marking the first major rightsholder deal for the AI music company since Warner Music Group announced a partnership nine ...
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The third edition of Turkey's International AI Film Festival (TAIFF) will take place December 7–9 at the Yeşilçam Cinema inside Istanbul's Atatürk Cultural Center. Since its lau...
Nura Studios has released Rainbow Hollow, its first original series — an adult dark comedy directed by Noah Wagner that mimics the look of stop-motion Claymation but was generat...
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Suno has expanded its voice-cloning feature, Voices, to its iOS and Android apps, allowing users to record or upload audio of themselves singing. The tool then uses that input t...
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Warner Bros. has deleted a behind-the-scenes video for its 2026 film Supergirl after viewers spotted what appeared to be AI-generated concept art being used during production. T...
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Spotify has signed a licensing agreement with music publisher Kobalt covering AI-powered fan-made covers and remixes, marking the platform's latest move to build out a formal fr...
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Higgsfield has released "Cully Hill Boys," an AI-generated feature film built using its Cinema Studio tools and the newly integrated Seedance 2.5 model. The project — co-directe...
Journey AI Studios, a Mornington Peninsula production company founded by filmmaker Brett Hardy, has received Official Selection at the Australian AI Film Awards for 'Harbour Fra...
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