Amazon's Prime Video Unveils New AI Feature to Recap TV Shows on Demand
X-Ray Recaps can generate concise summaries of entire seasons, specific episodes, or even individual scenes—all tailored to the exact point where you left off.
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Disney Forms New Unit to Focus on AI and Mixed Reality Strategy
While some view AI as a potential disruptor to jobs, others—including Disney—are exploring its role in transforming post-production, visual effects, and even theme park experiences.
Runway Adds Precise Camera Controls to Gen-3 Alpha Turbo
You can now direct the camera in six different ways - moving horizontally or vertically, panning, tilting, zooming, or rolling.
Decart Unveils Real-Time AI Game Engine, Raises $21M to Make AI-Generated Worlds More Affordable
Unlike traditional game engines, Oasis directly processes user inputs like keyboard and mouse movements to simulate gameplay, including physics, graphics, and environment, all without relying on pre-coded scripts.
Wonder Dynamics, Now Part of Autodesk, Launches Wonder Animation: A New AI Tool to Create Animated Films
You can shoot a sequence using any camera setup—from wide shots to close-ups—and the AI will reconstruct it in a 3D space, preserving spatial relationships between cameras, characters, and environments.
Universal Music Partners with AI Startup to Build "Ethical" Music Generation Tools
The companies stressed that generative AI music models need to be developed in ways that are fully respectful of copyright, name, and likeness rights — aiming to reduce threats to human creators and open new avenues for creativity and revenue in the music industry.
Meta Partners with Reuters to Bring Real-Time News to Its AI Chatbot
Starting Friday, you'll see Reuters-sourced responses when asking Meta AI about current events across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
Perplexity Fires Back at News Corp Lawsuit, Calling Claims "Misleading"
The AI startup insisted that its practices align with long-established legal norms and that its technology serves an important function in providing accessible knowledge to the public.
Google's AI Music Generation Tools Just Got a Lot Better
The company upgraded MusicFX DJ with real-time generation, added multi-track features to Music AI Sandbox, and powered YouTube's Dream Track with AI instrumentals.
Thousands of Artists Sign Statement Opposing Unlicensed Use of Their Work for Training AI
The initiative, spearheaded by former Stability AI executive Ed Newton-Rex, highlights a growing tension between tech companies and content creators.
Runway's Act-One Lets You Animate AI-Generated Characters with a Video
Act-One will map your performance onto your AI-generated character across multiple camera angles and focal lengths.
Microsoft and OpenAI Launch $10M Program to Bring AI Tools to Local Newsrooms
The first round of recipients includes Chicago Public Media, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Newsday, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Seattle Times.
News Corp Sues Perplexity Over Copyright Infringement, Accuses AI Startup of 'Massive Freeriding'
The lawsuit, filed in New York's Southern District Court on Monday, accuses Perplexity of copying news articles, analysis, and opinions "on a massive scale" without consent, thereby harming publishers' rights and siphoning away critical revenues.
OpenAI and Hearst Announce Content Partnership
The agreement covers over 40 newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle and San Francisco Chronicle, as well as more than 20 magazine brands such as Esquire, Cosmopolitan, and ELLE.
Meta Unveils Movie Gen: AI-Powered Video Creation and Editing Suite
You can type a description—such as "a day at the beach with dolphins jumping in the background"—and the model creates a 16-second video clip, complete with plausible object interactions, motion, and camera dynamics.
Pika 1.5 Launches with Pikaffects and Advanced Camera Techniques
The upgrade also brings more lifelike motion to human and creature movements, improving the overall realism of generated videos. You can now create more convincing animations of activities like running, skateboarding, and even flying.
Spotify AI Playlist Now Available in the US and Other Markets
The expansion follows AI Playlist's initial launch in the UK and Australia earlier this year. The tool combines Spotify's personalization technology with generative AI, allowing users to create tailored playlists by describing their desired mood or theme.
YouTube is Adding Veo and Other AI-Powered Tools for Creators
This upgrade will allow creators to generate more complex and imaginative video backgrounds, pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling.
Runway Inks Deal with Lionsgate to Bring Generative Video AI into Film Production
Lionsgate plans to use the AI tools for tasks ranging from storyboarding to creating background elements and special effects.
California Enacts Five Laws to Combat AI Deepfakes in Elections and Entertainment
Three bills focus on curbing the spread of deceptive AI-generated content in political campaigns, while two others strengthen protections for actors and performers against unauthorized use of their digital likenesses.
OpenAI Announces Multi-Year Content Partnership with Condé Nast
This deal adds Condé Nast's prestigious portfolio, including Vogue, The New Yorker, and Wired, to OpenAI's growing list of media collaborations.
The Center for Investigative Reporting Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Copyright Infringement
The lawsuit seeks to establish clear boundaries for the use of copyrighted material in AI training and to ensure that content creators are fairly compensated for their work.
OpenAI and Time Magazine Announce Strategic Content Partnership
OpenAI has inked a deal with TIME magazine, adding another media heavyweight to its growing list of content partners. The agreement gives OpenAI access to TIME's entire archive - over 100 years of journalism - to enhance its AI products, including ChatGPT.
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YouTube Pushes for AI Music Deals with Major Labels
The financial terms are still under negotiation, but they are expected to resemble one-time payments similar to those made by social media companies for music access, rather than the royalty-based models used by streaming services.
AI Voice Clone of Al Michaels to Host Personalized Olympic Recaps on Peacock
Peacock's new feature, "Your Daily Olympic Recap," will deliver 10-minute personalized summaries starting July 27.