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D'Addario Admits It Used AI Music Tool Suno in Guitar String Demo, After Weeks of Denial
The guitar string maker spent nearly two weeks insisting the track was real. It wasn't. Here's what happened and what the company says it will do differently.
AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking News Now (Sort Of)
Two solo operators are running newsrooms staffed entirely by AI agents. One of them beat WIRED to a cybersecurity scoop by three hours. Here is what that looks like up close.
People Are Pushing Back Against AI They Never Asked For, and It Is Working
From deepfake opt-outs to data centre protests, ordinary people are fed up with generative AI being forced into daily life. Companies are starting to listen.
Apple Researchers Find a Hidden Glitch That Can Quietly Corrupt AI-Generated Images
A small number of rogue data points, called outlier tokens, can throw off the systems that create AI images. New research explains what they are and how to fix them.
New Rules Are Closing In on AI Influencers, and the Creators Behind Them Are Worried
A mother in Brisbane built a virtual model to support her family. New EU labelling laws and platform crackdowns are now putting her business model, and thousands like it, under real pressure.
Wispr Flow Launches an AI Notetaker, but Its CEO Says You Must Tell People First
The voice-dictation app adds meeting transcription that runs quietly on your Mac. Secretly recording colleagues could break the law and your relationships.
Hollywood Is Already Using AI. The Question Is Who Admits It.
From a showrunner ordering her writers to use ChatGPT to Netflix paying $587 million for Ben Affleck's AI startup, the entertainment industry's relationship with artificial intelligence is more complicated than the public debate suggests.
An AI Music App's Own Detector Is Now Flagging Two Rappers' Songs as AI-Generated
Fenix Flexin and Tyga both denied using AI to make their retro-synth tracks. Then the app they allegedly used built a detector and ran the songs through it.
The EU Now Requires Companies to Label AI Chatbots and Deepfakes
New rules that took effect on 2 August 2026 force any company operating in Europe to tell users when they are talking to an AI, or viewing AI-generated content. Fines of up to €15 million are on the table for those that ignore them.
Bayreuth's AI-Directed Wagner Opera Is a Lesson in What AI Gets Wrong About Art
The world's most famous Wagner festival handed its landmark 150th anniversary production to an AI-assisted creative team. Critics say the result proves that cultural memory and genuine drama are harder to fake than anyone hoped.
Fender's CEO Said Cover Songs Are 'Analog AI'. Guitar Players Are Not Happy.
Edward 'Bud' Cole compared learning cover songs and jamming with bandmates to how AI trains on data. The backlash was swift, and the timing could not be worse for the guitar brand.
This AI Video Startup Pays the Artists It Learns From. There's a Catch.
Pippa wants to be the ethical face of AI-generated video by cutting artists in on the profits. But its tech still runs on scraped artwork, and its payments work out to fractions of a cent.
Is 'Rubberz' an AI song? The evidence against Fenix Flexin is piling up
A rapper's unlikely synth-pop hit has experts pointing to glitchy drums, impossible vocal range, and lyrics that read like a chatbot wrote them on a deadline.
India Is Finally Paying for Apps, and AI Is Getting the Lion's Share
Indian consumers spent a record $345 million on mobile apps in a single quarter. ChatGPT and Claude alone took 83% of AI app revenue. Here is what the numbers really mean.
Major Record Labels Want AI Songs Banned From the Charts Unless They Pass a Human Test
Universal, Sony and Warner have drafted rules that would strip fully AI-generated tracks from official music charts worldwide, but the key phrase 'substantially human made' remains undefined.