Australia Bans AI-Generated Tracks From Official Music Charts to ‘Promote the Human Nature of Artistry’
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), the trade group representing the country’s music industry, has banned wholly AI-generated songs from its weekly charts that showcase the most popu
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25.08.2026
Australia bans fully AI-generated songs from official music charts after viral Madonna cover
Josh Fawaz’s cover of Madonna’s 'Like a Prayer' became the most-played song on radio before its AI-generated vocals and drums were disclosed
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independent.co.uk
25.08.2026
Hook, AI-Powered Music Remixing App, Strikes UMG Deal as It Takes Social-Forward Approach to Fan-Created Remixes (EXCLUSIVE)
In an era where AI music generation has ruptured the music industry, a social-forward music remixing app is aiming to stand out among the rest — with the help of one of the major labels. Hook, an AI-p
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19.08.2026
Epic Games CEO Believes A 'Golden Age Of Gaming' Is Imminent Because of AI
Tim Sweeney continues to advocate for the use of AI in video game development, stating that massive open-world games will be much more within reach.
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18.10.2026
Critics Vindicate ‘Artificial’ After Messy Amazon MGM Breakup (and the Studios vs. Talent Wars Around AI Are Just Beginning)
Looks like “Artificial” is the real thing. Luca Guadagnino’s genre-blending movie about the evils of artificial intelligence (and one of its fathers, Sam Altman) had a triumphant U.K. premiere at the
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14.10.2026
Open to AI: Hollywood Is Embracing Artificial Intelligence Tools Despite Doomsday Fears
Manhattan Beach Studios in Southern California is a pinnacle of revolutionary technology, home to both the “volume” screens where Jon Favreau filmed the “Mandalorian” franchise and Lightstorm Entertai
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13.10.2026
AI Can Cut Film Budgets by Up to 40%, Says ‘The Outlaws’ Director Kang Yoon-sung, as Netflix Reveals Use on 300 Titles: ‘A Human Touch Is Absolutely Essential’
Netflix has used AI in one form or another on some 300 of its titles, Lee Sung-gyun, the streamer’s senior director of APAC production, told an audience at the Busan International Film Festival. On th
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10.10.2026
Fox Nation to Debut AI-Generated ‘Houdini’ Series Tied to 100th Anniversary of Harry Houdini’s Death
Fox Nation has set the three-part series “Houdini: Back from the Dead” for an Oct. 14 debut, resurrecting the illusionist ahead of the 100th anniversary of his Oct. 31, 1926, death — all with AI. “Hou
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08.10.2026
Empowering Content Libraries with AI is the New Future for Communal Fan Experiences, Execs Reveal: ‘You Have Companies Sitting on Crown Jewels’
Artificial intelligence has already made its mark on the screen. For some of the entertainment industry’s players, AI’s next playground is the real world. Such was the focus on Thursday morning at the
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17.09.2026
James Cameron’s Lightstorm Scoops Up AI-Powered 3D Tech Company Outsyders
James Cameron has long loved 3D. Now he’s added an AI-powered 3D tech company to his collection. Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision has purchased Outsyders, a technology company focused on boosting the 3D pr
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16.09.2026
George Clooney Says the Government Shouldn’t Regulate AI: ‘These Are Not the People You Want to Entrust the Holy Grail With’
George Clooney has said he doesn’t trust the government to regulate AI. “I don’t know that you want government to be regulating this either, because I sit and watch when Zuckerberg is testifying in fr
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04.09.2026
Maggie Gyllenhaal Says She Tried Using AI to Turn Dakota Johnson Into Marilyn Monroe for Short ‘Flesh Impact’ — Then Scrapped It: ‘Fundamentally Did Not Work’
Venice jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal revealed that she experimented with artificial intelligence to transform Dakota Johnson into Marilyn Monroe for her short film Flesh Impact which plays on the L
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04.09.2026
AI Giant Nvidia to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang is making a big new bet on an open-source AI future. On Thursday, Huang announced that Nvidia, a major supplier of hardware to power AI applications, reached a d
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03.09.2026
Jason Isbell Claims Suno Used Artists’ Identities to Train AI ‘Without Consent’ in New Lawsuit
The complaint claims the AI music company "exploits" and profits from those personal attributes in violation of right-of-publicity laws
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01.09.2026
Secret Hollywood Group’s AI Plan Focuses on Defining How AI Is Used — While Keeping Humans in Control
A group of Hollywood filmmakers, executives and actors has spent the last three years secretly meeting with Silicon Valley executives to try to address a simmering issue in the industry: how to define
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22.08.2026
Apple Music to Label AI-Made Tracks Later This Year
Apple Music will begin labeling songs on the platform derived from AI platforms, adding a “Made With AI” label to such songs later this year. In a note to its industry partners and one viewed by Varie
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20.08.2026
Robin Williams’ Kids Revive Instagram Account to Combat AI Slop: ‘As Technology Evolves, We Want This to be a Safe, Trusted Place’
Nearly a month after the late Robin Williams’ 75th birthday, his three children have revived his Instagram account as a hub for honoring their father’s legacy — and to combat the “rampant AI abuse” of
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18.08.2026
Oscars says AI actors and writing cannot win awards
The academy that controls the Oscars on Friday issued new award eligibility requirements around the use of artificial intelligence in film.
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bbc.com
02.05.2026
73 Years Later, the Greatest Opening Line in Sci-fi History Is Still an Unbeatable Classic
Bradbury’s six-word opening to Fahrenheit 451 remains one of sci-fi’s most powerful lines, especially in an age of declining literacy and AI.
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polygon.com
20.10.2026
‘Human Made, Human Paid’: The Largest U.S. Musicians Union Is Demanding AI Protections
American Federation of Musicians asking major labels to give artists a contract with AI protections and compensation
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20.10.2026