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Suno adds watermarking and fingerprinting to tracks made with its tools, European broadcasters plan a shared streaming platform across six markets, and TVING posts its first profitable quarter by opening branded hubs inside other services.
Disney and TikTok agree to cross-distribute officially licensed short-form video to Disney+, Black Forest Labs makes its audio-generating video model generally available, and Korea opens 1.17 million broadcast AI training records for free.
Spotify signs Merlin and extends its AI cover and remix licensing to independent catalogs, Prime Video becomes the first streaming service to support the next HDR standard on Samsung TVs, and RESCENE fans build a site that turns watch time into fandom rank.
The EU's transparency rules on AI-generated content and deepfakes take full effect, Snap leans on AI ad growth to expand its Specs AR glasses business, and Clique Apps launches standalone fandom apps built per artist.
Fender's CEO drew fire for calling cover playing 'analog AI,' a Munich court found Suno liable for using licensed music without permission, and Snapchat pulled fully AI-generated video from Spotlight recommendations.
IFPI starts applying AI chart eligibility rules across its global chart network, Google ships Lyria 3.5 with reworked vocals, and a 24-hour FAST channel devoted entirely to AI-made video launches.
Eleven music companies including the majors and HYBE jointly propose chart eligibility rules for AI music, Winamp returns as a unified player powered by Deezer's catalog, and SiriusXM launches a $5-a-month sports audio bundle.
HBO Max opens a vertical shorts feed with AI-picked scenes, Roblox folds short-form discovery, chat, and mobile game-building into a new app home, and OiiOii AI launches a platform that splits animation work across seven agents.
A proposal to license AI music training the way samples get cleared, Snapchat wires live Spotify sharing into Snap Map, and a three-minute fully AI-generated sequence airs in the SBS drama 'Agent Kim.'
GEMA launches PLAI, a fully licensed dataset for training AI music tools, Character.ai opens Lorebook so several characters can share one world, and Yoroll releases a playable film stitched from 140 AI videos.
An AI voice editor that rebuilds a line in your own voice once you fix the transcript. What it does, how to use it, and where it fits, in two minutes.
Runway ships a 'Media Router' that auto-selects image, video, and audio models, Black Forest Labs unveils Flux 3, a 20-second video model with native audio, and Krafton invests in game-payment infra firm Neon Commerce.
Microsoft brings original Xbox games to PC officially, SoundCloud acquires the indie direct-sales platform Nina Protocol, and the Korean government sets up a 150 billion won fund for AI and content IP.
YouTube sharpens its AI-slop monetization limits, Adobe's Project Indigo adds AI shooting and editing, and a US court pauses the $110B Paramount-Warner merger.
Netflix says about 300 titles used generative AI, Google Vids turns your face into an AI avatar, and game-IP screen adaptations surge.
Spotify expands its ChatGPT-style AI music assistant, and a Korean music-industry law amendment sparks a censorship fight.
John Legend and UMG's AI partners talk music at the UN AI for Good Summit, AI actor Tilly Norwood lands a feature lead, Galaxy Corporation debuts a humanoid K-pop performance.
Meta pulls its Instagram AI image feature after backlash, Apple sues OpenAI over trade secrets, and Korea's AI Content Awards close submissions.
Meta's AI image feature widens the consent fight, RIAA and IFPI push AI-music labels on streaming, StudioMetaK and MetaRocket sign an AI K-pop concert MOU.
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 family and ChatGPT Work, CAA slams Meta's opt-out AI image model, AI-dubbed K-FAST tops 100M viewers across 22 countries.
Korea's AI memorial-video services and their ethics debate, Salman Rushdie on AI's 'zero' role in storytelling, Billboard's 12 biggest 2026 music-business stories.
AI actor Tilly Norwood's first feature lead, Microsoft's licensing deal with Nine, Suno's senior hires.
CVC to buy DistroKid, CAA's actor AI-replica vault, BiFan's hybrid AI films.
It pulls vocals and instruments apart from one file and reads the chords, tempo, and structure too. A two-minute look at what it is, how to use it, and where it fits.
Kling raises ~$3B, authors sue Anthropic, BCI-driven immersive content.
Hollywood vs. Midjourney discovery fight, NotebookLM short videos, Twelve Labs' ~$110M.
Sony halts new-release discs, Australian musicians push back on AI copyright, Naver Webtoon's AI story-chat.
Netflix revives Gene Wilder's voice with AI, Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite, SKT's InsertAnywhere.