The week in generative media · Aug 24 – Aug 31, 2026
A federal judge has allowed Universal Music Group and Sony Music to proceed with allegations that Suno trained its AI music generator by stream-ripping copyrighted songs from Yo...
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A federal judge has declined to dismiss most counts in a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by indie artists against AI music company Suno, allowing claims related to AI-gene...
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Australia's Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has updated its Charts Code of Practice to explicitly exclude AI-generated recordings from eligibility on Australia's official ...
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All three major music groups — Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, and Warner Music Group — have taken equity stakes in Stability AI as part of a $76 million Series B fundi...
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Chinese AI-generated feature film *Flames of Dachen* was produced by a core team of just five people in 48 days, at a total cost of less than 500,000 yuan (approximately $69,000...
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WildBrain, the studio behind the Peanuts brand, has acquired Personality AI — the company that created the generative-AI experience 'Hey Peppa Pig' — for $11 million in upfront ...
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ElevenLabs has launched section-by-section editing for ElevenMusic, giving users granular control over song creation. Tracks can be built from a user's own lyrics, an existing r...
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Luminate has unveiled an AI music identification framework designed to flag AI-generated songs and artists on its CONNECT platform. The company says CONNECT can now identify AI-...
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China's ultra-short drama industry — one of the country's fastest-growing entertainment formats — is being reshaped by AI-generated video production. In Zhengzhou, a major produ...
Atlanta independent filmmaker Joseph Zhou has released THE LAST MISFITS, a five-minute steampunk sci-fi short set in a future where humanity survives in floating cities above a ...
Gamma has acquired Lica, a design startup backed by venture firm Accel. The deal brings Lica's co-founders onto Gamma's newly formed research team, where they are expected to co...
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