Issue 9
Tilly Norwood's creator says AI actress shows 'AI is coming' as controversy continues
Eline van der Velden, creator of the AI actress Tilly Norwood, told the Zurich Film Festival summit that the project was meant to make people think. SAG-AFTRA says the character was trained on…
case · European UnionGoncourt drops novel over claims AI wrote it; author Orélien 'devastated'
The Goncourt Academy has removed Thélyson Orélien's novel "C'était ça ou mourir" from its first selection amid claims that it was written by AI. The book was published in Montreal in March and by…
ruling · AsiaTokyo court grants legal protection to human voices in TikTok AI voice-cloning case
A Tokyo court granted legal protection to the human voice in a landmark case brought by a popular Japanese anime voice actor against TikTok over an AI-cloned version of their voice. The case was…
piac · globálisQobuz labels AI music; Deezer receives about 90,000 AI tracks a day
Qobuz has started tagging AI-generated music and said 60% of streams on such tracks are fraudulent. According to Deezer's July figure, about 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks arrive daily; meanwhile…
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More key stories of the week
Authors' groups urge publishers to give up Anthropic settlement claims on old books
The Authors Guild and other author organizations have called on publishers to relinquish claims in the Anthropic settlement for long out-of-print books, and to pay authors of unregistered works as…
megegyezés · Egyesült ÁllamokSAG-AFTRA's 2026 contract, ratified with over 90% support, tightens AI rules
SAG-AFTRA members ratified the 2026 television and film contract in June with more than 90% support; it runs to mid-2030. The contract further restricts the use of AI, and summaries of its rules on…
szakmai állásfoglalás · globálisPope Leo XIV urges church to ally with artists against AI
Pope Leo XIV on Friday (2 October) asked the Church to ally with artists against AI and to distinguish human art from AI creations. In his words, algorithms lack the spark, and the special value of…
tool · globalC2PA, AI labels and authenticity: study finds a missing label does not prove authenticity
A preprint examined the synthetic-content labels of four platforms and concluded that a missing AI label does not prove authenticity. Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom embed C2PA data whenever an AI…
case · United StatesHarry Potter producer David Barron backs AI 'The Call of the Wild'; Massive Studios announces AI holiday shorts
David Barron, producer of the Harry Potter films, is overseeing an AI production of Jack London's 1903 novel 'The Call of the Wild'. Massive Studios, together with producer Todd Garner, unveiled…
piac · globálisMusic companies' AI moves: UMG hire, Musixmatch–Suno deal, Warner–Suno debate
Universal Music Group has appointed Òscar Celma, a leader of Spotify's AI DJ, as SVP of Applied AI and Machine Learning. Musixmatch has struck a deal with Suno on copyright detection, the…
kiállítás · Egyesült ÁllamokDataland, the 'first museum of AI arts', opens in Los Angeles; Refik Anadol joins TIME100
Dataland, founded by Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç, has opened as the 'first museum of AI arts' in Frank Gehry's Grand LA building. Anadol is on TIME's 2026 list of power players in art, and Legal…
lawsuit · United StatesUS Justice Department backs OpenAI's defence in publishers' copyright suit
The Justice Department filed a statement in September supporting OpenAI's defence in the news publishers' copyright suit. The publishers accuse the administration of bias; commentators say the…
lawsuit · United StatesAndersen v. Stability AI: where the artists' copyright lawsuit stands
Several explainers set out the current state of the artists' lawsuit against Stability AI, known as the Andersen case, and what the 2024 ruling decided. The case is one of the most important artist…
regulation · AsiaIndia rejects AI as 'author' but recognises the person behind the AI
According to Asia IP, India rejects AI being treated as an author but recognises the person behind the AI. The decision gives direction on authorship and protectability.
research · United StatesBISG and BookNet Canada report on AI use in North American book industry
BISG and BookNet Canada have released their 2026 report on AI use across the North American book industry. Another article reports that publishers are speeding up AI adoption while employees are…
researchGizmodo: creative jobs have plummeted during the AI boom
According to Gizmodo, film, television, book publishing and other creative industries are going through one of their worst periods of job losses in recent years. A judge at The Drum said AI is taking…