Video game performers approve contract to officially end nearly yearlong strike
Unionized video game performers have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with their employers.
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Page 9: Research news on Generative AI copyright
Generative AI copyright concerns the legal and ethical governance of AI systems that produce artistic and entertainment content, including images, film, music, voice, and performances. Work in this area examines how training and deploying such models affects copyright ownership, fair use, and derivative works, as well as performers’ and celebrities’ rights to their image and voice. It also addresses labor protections, contractual frameworks, and industry guidelines that regulate compensation, disclosure, and permissible AI uses in media production.
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Video game actors are voting on a new contract. Here's what it means for AI in gaming
An 11-month strike by video game performers could formally end this week if members ratify a deal that delivers pay raises, control over their likenesses and artificial intelligence protections.
Jul 9, 2025
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'We're AI,' popular indie rock band admits
An indie rock band with more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify has owned up to being an AI-generated music project following days of speculation about whether the group was real.
Jul 8, 2025
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AI video becomes more convincing, rattling creative industry
Gone are the days of six-fingered hands or distorted faces—AI-generated video is becoming increasingly convincing, attracting Hollywood, artists, and advertisers, while shaking the foundations of the creative industry.
Jul 8, 2025
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Distrust in AI is on the rise—but along with healthy skepticism comes the risk of harm
Some video game players recently criticized the cover art on a new video game for being generated with artificial intelligence (AI). Yet the cover art for Little Droid, which also featured in the game's launch trailer on ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Mattel and OpenAI have partnered up. Here's why parents should be concerned about AI in toys
Mattel may seem like an unchanging, old-school brand. Most of us are familiar with it—be it through Barbie, Fisher-Price, Thomas & Friends, Uno, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, MEGA or Polly Pocket.
Jun 25, 2025
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AI art protection tools still leave creators at risk, researchers say
Artists urgently need stronger defenses to protect their work from being used to train AI models without their consent.
Jun 24, 2025
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Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud
Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters.
Jun 20, 2025
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Jamming with AI: Jazz trio plays live with AI-generated sound
A fascinating recent development enabling musicians to improvise live music with AI-generated sound could be the biggest innovation since the advent of sampling, or perhaps even the invention of recorded sound, according ...
Jun 19, 2025
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AI 'reanimations': Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries
Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video reconstruction of Pelkey delivered a victim impact statement. The trial judge ...
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