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Meta Says Its $1,299.99 VR Glasses Are First IMAX Enhanced Certified

Sep 23, 2026

Meta Newsroom

Meta says its Meta VR Glasses, about 100 grams with a tethered puck for compute and battery, deliver a 5K display, immersive live sports and a multi-screen private workspace. Meta calls it the first IMAX Enhanced certified VR device. It goes on sale Spring 2027 for $1,299.99.

AR/VR & Wearables Entertainment

UMG Lets Artists Opt In to ElevenLabs AI Music Platform

Sep 11, 2026

The Verge

Universal Music Group lets its artists opt into a new ElevenLabs platform that licenses their music for AI use, while keeping it separate from ElevenLabs’ Music API and ElevenMusic generator and continuing parallel work with Udio.

Entertainment Audio & Voice Copyright & IP

UMG Lets Fans Create Remixes and Personalized Vocal Experiences Through New ElevenLabs Platform

Sep 11, 2026

ElevenLabs

Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs are developing a licensed fan-creation platform for remixes, mashups, alternate versions and personalized vocal experiences from participating artists’ music, with creators promised compensation and new revenue streams.

Entertainment Audio & Voice Copyright & IP

Prime Video Launches AI Lip-Sync Technology to Transform Dubbed Content Starting With Maxton Hall

Sep 10, 2026

Amazon News

Prime Video launches groundbreaking AI lip-sync technology that synchronizes actors' mouth movements with dubbed audio, debuting on Maxton Hall Seasons 1 and 2 globally in English, with plans to expand the immersive feature to more titles.

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Major Music Publishers Sue Anthropic for Allegedly Pirating Thousands of Copyrighted Songs to Train Claude AI

Sep 01, 2026

Ars Technica

Sony, EMI, and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic, alleging the AI giant illegally torrented thousands of copyrighted songs to train its Claude AI, with internal messages showing employees and co-founders knowingly embracing piracy — including co-founder Dario Amodei allegedly approving torrenting to avoid a 'legal slog' — while Claude continues reproducing lyrics and generating music that directly competes with human artists.

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Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic for Alleged 'Brazen' Piracy of Copyrighted Works to Train Claude AI

Aug 30, 2026

TechCrunch

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic, accusing the AI company of illegally torrenting and scraping millions of copyrighted songs and sheet music to train its Claude AI model in what they call a 'brazen campaign' of piracy.

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Apple Music Launches Visible AI Song Labels as Over a Third of New Uploads Are AI-Generated

Aug 21, 2026

The Hollywood Reporter

Apple Music is launching visible AI song labels later this year, requiring transparency tags on AI-generated tracks, as platform head Oliver Schusser reveals over a third of new monthly uploads are AI-generated, with Spotify also rolling out similar policies amid a broader industry push to combat AI-related streaming fraud.

Entertainment Trust Audio & Voice

MPA Strikes Historic Copyright Deal With ByteDance to Protect IP in AI Video and Image Tools

Aug 18, 2026

Los Angeles Times

The Motion Picture Association strikes its first-ever copyright deal with an AI company, reaching a landmark agreement with ByteDance to enforce stronger intellectual property protections in its AI video tool Seedance and image tool Seedream, following allegations that the tools were trained on copyrighted material and generating unauthorized content featuring characters like SpongeBob SquarePants and scenes from Stranger Things.

Copyright & IP Image & Video Entertainment

Google's AI Film Program Reveals Creative Promise and Ethical Tensions as Filmmakers Blend Real Sets with Generated Worlds

Aug 03, 2026

The Deep View

Google's Flow Sessions program unveils short films blending real actors with AI-generated worlds, revealing both the creative acceleration AI offers filmmakers and the ethical tensions surrounding non-consenting artists whose work may have trained the models powering it.

Entertainment Image & Video Ethics Copyright & IP

Google Wraps Fourth Flow Sessions Cohort, Unveiling AI-Powered Short Films From Creative Partners

Jul 30, 2026

Google

Google wraps its fourth Flow Sessions cohort, unveiling AI-powered short films created by artists who spent six weeks collaborating with Google Flow, the tech giant's generative AI creative studio.

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