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Amazon and Twitch Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Using Streamers' Videos to Train AI
A Connecticut streamer is leading a lawsuit on behalf of millions of Twitch broadcasters who say Amazon fed their live videos into AI training systems without asking first.

Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Is Coming to Your Fire TV for Free, No Subscription Needed
Amazon is pushing its upgraded AI assistant to millions of Fire TV devices automatically. Here is what changes, what stays the same, and whether you can opt out.

AI-made music is creeping into the charts. Nobody can agree on what to do about it.
A rap artist's eerily off-sounding synth-pop single hit No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and racked up 35 million Spotify streams. The music industry is still trying to figure out what that means.

Twitch adds opt-out for Amazon AI training, but your data is on by default
A new privacy toggle lets streamers and viewers remove their videos, clips, and chats from Amazon's generative AI training pool. The catch: it starts switched on.

Roku now has a 24/7 channel that plays nothing but AI-generated slop
Fairground TV streams endless AI content around the clock. If you have ever wanted to watch weightless, uncanny footage with no plot, no real people, and no lip-sync, your ship has come in.

Spotify Will Flag AI Artist Profiles and Cut Them From Your Recommendations
Starting mid-September, the streaming giant will badge artist profiles that appear to use fake, AI-generated identities and stop recommending their music by default.

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.

How AI is turning your music app into your everything app
Spotify, Netflix, YouTube and TikTok all started by owning one thing. AI is now pushing each of them to own everything.

Apple TV's Search Bar Now Learns What You Like to Watch
Apple's research team has built a smarter video search that starts personalising results from the very first letter you type.