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Mike D 5D – “Crypto”
I’ll admit: The song title had me worried. As in, what would we do if we found out that either of the surviving Beastie Boys was really into crypto? Or if they owned companies that built AI data centers or some shit like that? Doesn’t that at least seem plausible? Mike D is obviously a…
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Mick Jagger Talks Olivia Rodrigo, AI Music
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards discussed Olivia Rodrigo’s move into rock music and shared their views on artificial intelligence in songwriting, in separate interviews with Billboard timed to the release of the Rolling Stones’ new album, Foreign Tongues. The comments matter as prominent legacy musicians increasingly weigh in on how AI is reshaping music creation,…
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Lorde Continues AI Criticism By Calling Out New Spotify Feature
It’s always a great day when your favorite pop stars call out rubbish technology, and Lorde is on a roll. Last week, Lorde voiced her disdain for the “fucked up” Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival. Now, she’s coming for Spotify’s new About The Song feature that summarizes a song’s context and…
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Epic Games integrates AI voices into 36 Fortnite characters
Epic Games has added AI-generated voices and personas to 36 existing Fortnite characters, including Agent Jones and The Imagined, for use in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). The voices, powered by Google’s Gemini AI, let island creators incorporate these recognisable characters as interactive, speaking NPCs, extending the “conversations” system Epic first unveiled in April.…
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Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal
General Compute, an AI inference cloud startup, has secured a $400 million loan from investment firm Upper90, in what may be the first financing deal to use inference-specific chips as collateral. The move signals a shift in how AI infrastructure is funded, as investors respond to concerns about the cost of AI tools by backing…
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Netflix Deploys Generative AI Across 300 Titles in 2026 to Reduce Production Costs
Netflix has disclosed in its latest earnings report that generative artificial intelligence has been integrated into 300 movies and television shows throughout 2026. The streaming giant’s deployment of AI spans both back
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Netflix admits to using GenAI both in the app and on 300 movies and shows in 2026 alone
Netflix is using AI to “lower costs” and create bigger scenes that would otherwise have been left out
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Netflix have used generative AI on 300 titles in 2026
Netflix has said that generative AI workflows were used on roughly 300 titles during 2026, chiefly in post-production. The disclosure shows how rapidly the company is incorporating AI into programme-making, with Netflix arguing that it can help creative teams produce higher-quality work more quickly and cheaply. Netflix said AI has been used from concept development…
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San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
San Francisco’s city attorney, David Chiu, has sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple and Google demanding the removal of 13 AI face-swapping apps that can generate non-consensual nude images. The action matters because the city argues the companies may be profiting from technology that facilitates sexual abuse and that stronger app-store moderation is needed to prevent…