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Springboards ad warns AI may narrow creative choices
Marketing Technologies

Springboards ad warns AI may narrow creative choices

Springboards' new ad warns rapid generative AI may erode originality in advertising, narrowing creative choices and raising copyright risks.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Fri, 30th Jan 2026
Adobe expands Firefly Foundry AI with major film deals
Marketing Technologies

Adobe expands Firefly Foundry AI with major film deals

Adobe broadens Firefly Foundry with major Hollywood deals, pitching brand-safe generative AI tools for film, TV and immersive content.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
YouTube sets 2026 agenda on creators, kids & AI tools
Marketing Technologies

YouTube sets 2026 agenda on creators, kids & AI tools

YouTube sets 2026 agenda with tougher child safety tools, bigger creator payouts and expanded AI across production and viewing.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
Cloudflare buys Human Native to reshape AI data deals
Physical Security

Cloudflare buys Human Native to reshape AI data deals

Cloudflare acquires UK AI marketplace Human Native to give creators more control and pay for data used to train and run AI systems.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Sat, 17th Jan 2026
Cloudflare buys Human Native to reshape AI data pay
Physical Security

Cloudflare buys Human Native to reshape AI data pay

Cloudflare snaps up Human Native in bid to reshape how AI models pay for online content, promising new tools for pricing and discovery.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Jan 2026
Watchdog backs copyright licensing for Australian AI
Hyperscale

Watchdog backs copyright licensing for Australian AI

Australia's Productivity Commission backs licensing over new copyright exceptions, urging AI firms to pay creators and face tighter scrutiny.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Tue, 13th Jan 2026
Temu expands Brand Guardian program to fight counterfeits
Marketing Technologies

Temu expands Brand Guardian program to fight counterfeits

Temu signs over 1,500 brands to its expanded Brand Guardian scheme, stepping up IP enforcement and counterfeit crackdowns worldwide.

By Jake MacAndrew • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025
When music and AI make 'Medtech Magic'
Physical Security

When music and AI make 'Medtech Magic'

AI-powered music therapies promise relief for dementia and Parkinson's patients, but tangled licensing rules could stall life-changing apps.

By Tune Global • 10 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
Music tech predictions for 2026: Insights from Tuned Global
Gaming

Music tech predictions for 2026: Insights from Tuned Global

Music tech boss Con Raso predicts AI, anti-fraud tools and fan-powered models will reshape streaming, gaming and DSP catalogues by 2026.

By Con Raso • 5 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
Explainer: Should Big Tech own Hollywood?
Physical Security

Explainer: Should Big Tech own Hollywood?

Netflix's USD $72 billion bid for Warner Bros raises a stark question: is Hollywood's future in the hands of Silicon Valley's algorithms?.

By Sean Mitchell • 7 min read • Tue, 9th Dec 2025
AI & data standards set to transform global music industry
Digital Entertainment

AI & data standards set to transform global music industry

AI and data standards are set to transform the global music industry by 2026, ensuring transparent royalties and efficient workflows amid rising AI-generated content.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Fri, 21st Nov 2025
Golden age of human imagination
Physical Security

Golden age of human imagination

Generative AI is ushering in a creative renaissance, making filmmaking and art accessible to all and sparking new forms of collaborative storytelling.

By Mykhailo Kovetskyi • 5 min read • Tue, 15th Jul 2025
Cloudflare makes AI crawlers opt-in, giving power to creators
Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare makes AI crawlers opt-in, giving power to creators

Cloudflare now blocks AI crawlers by default, letting website owners opt-in to share content, aiming to protect creators and create fair AI content use.

By Melvin Hipolito • 5 min read • Wed, 2nd Jul 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Copyright stories

Setting boundaries for AI bots' exploitation of web content
Firewalls

Setting boundaries for AI bots' exploitation of web content

Publishers are racing to defend web content as AI bots scrape sites at scale, driving up costs and eroding control over digital value.

By Simon Wistow • 6 min read • Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
Union urges mandatory AI safeguards to protect creative workers
Generative AI

Union urges mandatory AI safeguards to protect creative workers

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance urges Australia to enforce mandatory AI safeguards to protect creative workers and uphold copyright amid rising AI risks.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Sat, 6th Dec 2025
Expert breaks down Tilly Norwood, AI and copyright wars
Physical Security

Expert breaks down Tilly Norwood, AI and copyright wars

Tilly Norwood, the world's first AI actress, sparks global debate on AI, copyright, and ownership as actors and unions push back.

By Aparna Watal • 6 min read • Tue, 25th Nov 2025
UK court ruling offers no clarity on copyright & AI training
Data Protection

UK court ruling offers no clarity on copyright & AI training

UK High Court ruling in Getty Images v Stability AI drops landmark copyright claims, offering little clarity on AI training using copyrighted content.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Wed, 5th Nov 2025
Authors oppose AI text mining proposal over copyright concerns
Physical Security

Authors oppose AI text mining proposal over copyright concerns

The Australian Society of Authors opposes a Productivity Commission proposal for AI text mining exceptions, citing risks to creators' copyright and earnings.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 8th Aug 2025