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Warner Music has settled a lawsuit with the artificial intelligence startup Udio and entered into a licensing agreement, according to people familiar with the matter. This deal allows Udio to use music from Warner’s extensive catalog, which includes artists like Ed Sheeran and Madonna. Anna Nicolaou reports for the Financial Times that the agreement paves …
On November 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the “Genesis Mission.” According to the White House, this national initiative aims to use artificial intelligence to speed up scientific discovery and maintain America’s technological leadership. The project has been compared in ambition to the Manhattan Project of World War II. The …
The AI music startup Klay has secured licensing agreements with all three major record labels: Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group. Lucas Shaw reports for Bloomberg that Klay is the first AI music service to sign deals with all three. The company is building a streaming platform that will allow users to …
The European Union is weakening key parts of its artificial intelligence and data protection laws following pressure from technology companies and the US government. Robert Hart and Dominic Preston report for The Verge. The European Commission has proposed changes that extend the deadline for high-risk AI regulations originally set to take effect next summer. These …
Meta’s AI-generated video feed Vibes has attracted approximately 2 million daily active users as of November 9, according to internal documents. Pranav Dixit reports for Business Insider that the feature grew by about 1% from the previous week. The company launched Vibes in late September within its Meta AI app. Users can create and scroll …
OpenAI has asked a federal judge to reverse an order requiring the company to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT conversations to the New York Times and other news outlets. The request stems from an ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI company. The New York Times and other publishers are suing OpenAI, claiming the …
Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have partnered with AI audio company ElevenLabs to create digital replicas of their voices. Todd Spangler reports for Variety. McConaughey is investing in the New York-based company and using its technology to produce a Spanish-language version of his newsletter “Lyrics of Livin’” in his own voice. He has worked …
A Munich court has ruled that OpenAI infringed German copyright law by reproducing protected song lyrics in its ChatGPT chatbot. Jörn Poltz reports for Reuters. The regional court found that OpenAI trained its AI models on copyrighted content from nine German songs, including hits by best-selling musician Herbert Groenemeyer. The case was brought by GEMA, …
Amazon has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI to prevent the startup’s Comet browser agent from making purchases on its platform. The case, filed in San Francisco federal court accuses Perplexity of computer fraud for failing to disclose when its AI agent shops on behalf of users, violating Amazon’s terms of service. The lawsuit follows …
Google has removed its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn accused it of generating false claims about her. The Republican senator from Tennessee stated that when asked about sexual misconduct accusations, Gemma fabricated a story involving a 1987 state senate campaign and a state trooper. Blackburn clarified that none of …