12 states sue to block Paramount’s $110B Warner Bros. deal
The states allege that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences.
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Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is rolling out a new AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to discover music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
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Spotify expands parent-managed accounts to users on its free tier
The feature was previously only available to paid subscribers.
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Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data
The hacker used an employee’s credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.
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Federal employees can download TikTok on their work phones again
The Department of Justice says that federal employees can now download TikTok on their government devices.
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‘Odyssey’ director Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’
“Everybody knows the Greeks are inside.”
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Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup
Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck.
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Judge pauses $110B Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
The lawsuit from the states alleges that the deal would harm movie theaters, basic cable distributors, and audiences.
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Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June.
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What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale
Learn more about Paramount’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion — as it continues to develop.
