Issue 7
AI actor Tilly Norwood goes on media tour for film Misaligned as criticism grows
From 14 September, Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated "actor", gave interviews to NBC, CBS, LBC and Piers Morgan's show to promote Misaligned, a film made by a UK company. Norwood said it wants to be…
lawsuit · United StatesUnredacted filings: Microsoft executive called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
According to unsealed filings in The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft, a Microsoft executive described AI data scraping in those terms; news outlets argue this could weaken the…
lawsuit · United StatesOpenAI case reaches turning point as court may rule on fair use in AI training
OpenAI and publishers are asking the court to decide whether training is fair use, while authors in a class action have sought summary judgment against OpenAI. The reports appeared on 14 and 15…
lawsuit · United StatesUniversal Music Group sues DistroKid over AI slop and infringing tracks
Universal Music Group filed a lawsuit against distributor DistroKid on 15 September, alleging the service distributes AI-generated and infringing recordings that divert royalties from human artists…
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More key stories of the week
IFPI streaming fraud rules put distributors on the front line against AI mass uploads; DistroKid has not signed
The music industry has introduced joint guidelines against streaming fraud using AI music, which collects royalties from mass-produced AI tracks. According to Music Business Worldwide, DistroKid…
regulation · United StatesNewsom signs law requiring disclosure of AI actors in advertising
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law on September 16 that bans AI actors from appearing in ads without disclosure and strengthens worker protections. The law responds to an entertainment…
lawsuit · United StatesUniversal and Sony sue Suno a second time over v6 models
Universal Music Group and Sony Music filed a new lawsuit against Suno on 18 September, claiming that the v6 models are "the fruit of the same poisoned tree". The case tests Suno's claim that it has…
lawsuit · United StatesFirst jury trial over AI image training, Andersen v. Stability AI, postponed
The jury trial in the artists' case against Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt and Runway, scheduled for 8 September, has been postponed; one source says to April, another to 20 September 2027. The…
regulationARIA bans fully AI-generated music from its charts; SubmitHub also bans it
Australian music industry body ARIA has excluded fully AI-made music from its charts, and SubmitHub has banned AI-generated music from its promotion services. The reports appeared on 17 September.
tool · globalSpotify moves against AI artists with labelling and exclusion from playlists
According to roundups from 14 September, Spotify may distinguish AI artists from real ones and exclude them from playlists. A Hungarian article reports that a journalist used AI music to take over a…
megegyezés · globálisUniversal Music signs multi-year AI licensing deal with ElevenLabs
Universal Music Group has signed a multi-year AI music licensing agreement with ElevenLabs, aimed at letting fans create AI remixes and mashups. Hungarian and Czech analyses write about former…
kiállítás · Egyesült ÁllamokDataland, billed as the first "living" AI art museum, opens in Los Angeles
Dataland, described as the world's first "living" AI art museum, has opened in Los Angeles. A Holland & Knight analysis discusses the questions of training data and data rights.
research · globalLuminate: 40% of July music is AI-detectable; Deezer's detector wins Billboard award
Luminate data show that 40 percent of music released in July 2026 is identifiable as AI, and Deezer's AI detector has won a Billboard award. Hungarian and international articles say Deezer received…
case · United StatesSuno admits using music from YouTube to train its AI models
Suno has admitted that it used music from YouTube to train its AI models; the news was reported on 15 September.
lawsuit · United StatesRound Hill sues Suno and Anthropic for $1 billion over music copyright
Music publisher Round Hill is seeking $1 billion from Suno and Anthropic in a lawsuit over music copyright infringement. The news appears in summaries dated 14 September.
case · United StatesArtists protest AI sculpture exhibit at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art faced questions over how artists' work was used for an exhibited AI sculpture, and artists are protesting. The reports were published between September 14 and…