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Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
AI music company Treblo has released an open-source detection tool that appears to confirm suspicions that rapper Fenix Flexin’s song “Rubberz” was generated using its AI model, rather than performed and recorded conventionally as he has claimed. This adds fresh weight to allegations that have been dogging Fenix, whose track reached the Billboard Hot 100,…
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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address
Security researchers have found that Apple’s Private Relay, the opt-in iCloud+ feature designed to mask a user’s IP address while browsing in Safari, can be bypassed to expose the real IP address. This matters because users who pay for the privacy feature may be under a false sense of security, believing their browsing is anonymised…
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Lyndsy Fonseca, Robert Buckley Lead Hallmark’s Next ‘Holiday Touchdown’ Movie
Hallmark has confirmed the full cast for its third “Holiday Touchdown” film, an NFL-themed romance made in partnership with the league and Skydance Sports. “Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story” stars Hallmark regulars Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley in the lead roles, with filming having wrapped in Chicago in late July at locations including Soldier…
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Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google has reshuffled its top AI leadership, with Demis Hassabis stepping down as head of Google DeepMind to become the division’s chair and Alphabet’s chief scientist, CEO Sundar Pichai announced. Hassabis said he wants to focus more on using AI to advance human health, particularly through Alphabet’s drug-discovery venture Isomorphic Labs, which he will continue…
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Court declines to dismiss independent artists’ copyright class action against Udio – but moves the case from Illinois to New York
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a copyright class action brought by independent musicians against AI music generator Udio, but has transferred the case from Illinois to New York, where the company says its operations are based. Judge Sara L. Ellis of the Northern District of Illinois ruled that Udio’s parent, Uncharted Labs,…
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Saregama, India’s oldest label, is using AI to make music videos for songs whose visuals it never owned – and refresh its catalog for Gen Z
Saregama, India’s oldest record label, is turning to generative AI to create new music videos for older songs in its catalogue for which it never held the original visuals. Speaking on the company’s fiscal first-quarter earnings call, Managing Director Vikram Mehra explained that for many 1960s and 1970s film songs Saregama owns the recording and…
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IBM’s agentic AI platform is under active attack – patch now
A critical vulnerability in IBM’s Langflow, a low-code platform for building AI agents, is being actively exploited by attackers, prompting the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to add it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code on default Langflow deployments, putting any organisation running an…
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New lawsuit claims Kanye West used AI on ‘Bully’ and ‘Vultures II’
Another lawsuit to add to the file. The post New lawsuit claims Kanye West used AI on ‘Bully’ and ‘Vultures II’ first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
SpaceX’s first quarterly earnings report as a public company reveals that the rocket business is now a minor part of its revenue, with AI-related data centre leasing and satellite internet dominating the balance sheet. The space segment brought in just over 10% of revenue and didn’t reach $1 billion for the quarter, while SpaceX itself…
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Pokémon Developer Game Freak Promises Fixes ‘Within a Week’ To Its Big Budget RPG Beast of Reincarnation, Following Mixed Response at Launch
Game Freak, the studio best known for developing the Pokémon series, has pledged a series of prompt fixes for its new action RPG Beast of Reincarnation after the game received a mixed response from players and critics following its launch. The title, released for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, marks the developer’s most…