Could AI make filmmaking accessible to creators who previously couldn’t afford to make a film, while simultaneously threatening the human creative infrastructure that has traditionally made those films possible?

A new Guardian report tracks the rise of AI-native film studios like Promise, using synthetic environments, effects, and performers to make movies that traditional financing would never greenlight. Costs are reportedly dropping hard. Filmmakers, actors and unions are pushing back just as hard. The question stopped being “can AI make a movie.” It’s now: who […]

Spotify locked in a licensing deal with indie publisher Kobalt for its upcoming AI covers and remixes feature, following its earlier UMG deal for the same product. The pitch: this isn’t free-for-all AI music generation, it’s a paid add-on that routes money back to the artists and songwriters whose work gets remixed.

Twitch added a new setting that lets streamers stop Amazon from training AI on their streams, clips, chat logs and channel content. One catch: it’s on by default. Creators have to go dig it up and turn it off themselves, which means anyone who doesn’t know it exists just got opted in without asking.