The week in generative media · Sep 14 – Sep 21, 2026
Universal Music Group and Sony Music have filed a second copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music platform Suno, alleging that its v6 music generation models were trained...
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At the Toronto International Film Festival Q&A for his Rupert Murdoch drama "Ink," director Danny Boyle defended his film's limited use of generative AI, describing it as roughl...
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Animator Jorge Gutiérrez, known for The Book of Life, withdrew his AI-assisted animated project "Punky Duck" from Amazon MGM's GenAI Creators' Fund roughly a day and a half afte...
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TheWrap's TheGrill conference, set for September 30 at the DGA Theater Complex in Los Angeles, will feature a panel of five prominent AI filmmakers exploring how generative tool...
The African AI Film Festival is launching in 2026 as the first global festival dedicated to African and African-diaspora filmmakers working with generative AI. Entries are accep...
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The Astana International AI Film Festival has announced it received 8,067 submissions from filmmakers across 125 countries, with finalists set to screen in Kazakhstan's capital ...
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Believe and its distribution subsidiary TuneCore have announced a two-stage opt-in consent process that must be completed before any artist's music is made available to AI music...
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Tilly Norwood, the AI "actor" created by Particle 6 Productions, malfunctioned visibly during a live interview with British commentator Piers Morgan, abruptly switching to Manda...
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Midjourney has shipped a wide-ranging alpha update to its web platform, highlighted by Korean language support — with an open call for volunteers to help localize the product in...
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Universal Music Group has filed a lawsuit against music distribution platform DistroKid, alleging unlawful practices that include the distribution of AI-generated music at scale...
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