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From 90,000 AI tracks hitting Deezer daily to Suno’s 55m-user data breach… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up
Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up highlights five developments shaping the music industry, particularly the rapid growth of AI-generated music, major streaming revenues and catalogue acquisitions. The stories matter because they show both the commercial opportunity around music technology and the risks it brings, including large-scale exposure of user data. – Deezer said fully AI-generated tracks…
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Carlton Cuse On How Sports Rights Fights Are Hurting Scripted, Fair Residuals, AI & Netflix Series ‘The Secret Of Secrets’
Carlton Cuse has warned that the escalating cost of sports broadcasting rights is reducing the money available for scripted films and television. He argues that sport, particularly American football, reliably attracts large audiences, but remains optimistic that scripted drama will endure because it offers cultural and emotional insights that sport cannot provide. Cuse cited the…
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Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool
Bluesky is expanding its AI assistant, Attie, with a beta feature called Quests that turns it into a research tool for information circulating across the wider AT Protocol-based social network. The move matters because it could make Bluesky’s open social ecosystem easier to navigate, while giving the company a potential route to attract users and…
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Midjourney acquired the astrology app Co-Star
Midjourney has acquired social astrology app Co-Star, according to Bloomberg, with financial terms undisclosed. The deal broadens Midjourney’s consumer ambitions beyond its AI image and video-generation tools and may help it develop a standalone app. Co-Star reportedly has around 4.3 million monthly active users and provides birth charts, horoscopes and compatibility advice using a mix…
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met with ZTE to deepen cooperation in digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI)
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met ZTE executives during the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference to discuss closer cooperation on digital infrastructure and AI. The company said the talks reinforce its long-running partnership with Cambodia and support the government’s digital-transformation ambitions. The proposed areas of cooperation include deploying 5G networks, applying AI and developing information…
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Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI
Silicon Valley is divided over whether the US should restrict Chinese-made open-weight AI models, which are spreading rapidly and can rival leading American systems. The dispute matters because it pits national-security and intellectual-property concerns against startups’ reliance on affordable, adaptable AI tools, while potentially strengthening the market power of major US labs. Anthropic has accused…
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The 25 Best U.S. Film Schools in 2026
The Hollywood Reporter’s 2026 ranking highlights 25 leading US film schools, assessing how they prepare students for a fast-changing and financially uncertain entertainment industry. – USC’s School of Cinematic Arts is noted for alumni success, new industry-focused courses and expanded employment support. – NYU maintains its narrative-filmmaking focus while adding free AI training through a…
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“It worked out for us that we’re all now in the midst of discovery, fear, confusion and glory”: It’s Rush, King Crimson, Sgt Pepper, Tom Waits and more. It’s the The Claypool Lennon Delirium’s personal AI hallucination
The Claypool Lennon Delirium have announced an elaborate new concept album, The Great Parrot-Ox And The Golden Egg Of Empathy, inspired by philosophical concerns about artificial intelligence. Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon use a whimsical prog-opera format to explore discovery, fear, confusion and wonder around AI, continuing the duo’s preference for ambitious and eccentric…
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Veterans Affairs signs $1.6B deal for an army of Salesforce AI agents
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Salesforce a $1.6 billion contract over three years to deploy AI tools across the department. The agreement is intended to reduce administrative work and help staff access information more quickly, potentially freeing more time for veterans’ care and benefits services. The deal includes plans for a 24-hour…
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AI firms want more data centers; Trump’s EPA may give neighbors less say
The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering a rule change that could let states decide whether and how local people are consulted on permits for smaller air-pollution sources. Critics say this could make it easier to build gas plants and diesel generators for data centres with little public notice, at a time when communities are…