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Swift Trademarks Voice After AI Deepfakes Hit 30 Million Views
Taylor Swift's company filed trademark applications covering her voice patterns and likeness, marking the first major artist attempt to claim legal ownership over AI training data.
Musk v. Altman Trial Opens With Dueling Visions of AI's Original Sin
Opening arguments began today in the lawsuit that could determine how AI companies balance profit motives with promises of public benefit.
SpaceX Eyes $60 Billion Cursor Deal in AI Coding Arms Race
The partnership would give SpaceX an option to acquire the AI coding startup, potentially reshaping competition with Anthropic's dominant Claude models in software engineering.
ComfyUI Raises $30M at Half-Billion Valuation for Node-Based AI Platform
The open-source interface that powers much of the AI art world's workflow experiments just became a venture-backed company, raising questions about the future of contributor-driven AI tools.
White House Accuses Chinese Firms of Industrial-Scale AI Model Theft
The Trump administration claims Chinese entities are systematically extracting capabilities from leading U.S. AI systems through distillation techniques, raising concerns about intellectual property and stripped safety protocols.
AWS Brings AI-Powered Vertical Video to Live Broadcasts at NAB
Amazon Web Services demonstrated new AI tools that automatically reframe horizontal broadcasts for mobile screens in real-time, targeting broadcasters struggling to serve TikTok-native audiences.
Anthropic's Restricted AI Model Breached Through Vendor Systems
Unauthorized users accessed Claude Mythos, a model Anthropic had limited to select partners due to its ability to autonomously exploit software vulnerabilities.
YouTube's Synthetic Likeness Detection Tool Opens to Hollywood's A-List
The platform's AI likeness scanner, previously limited to creators and politicians, now lets any celebrity request takedowns of synthetic imposters, even without a YouTube account.