U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the UK then rolled out globally.
Hollywood studios are moving from AI resistance to AI control, as Amazon, Lionsgate, Netflix and SAG-AFTRA reshape the rules of film.
TikTok’s first Indian microdrama deal and AI films at Cannes signal vertical drama’s move from app-store novelty toward mainstream distribution.
Jay Shetty, the former Hindu monk turned self-help podcaster, has signed a deal to bring the video version of his show On Purpose exclusively to Spotify and Netflix. The arrangement is worth as much as $100 million over multiple years, according to peo…
Spotify has launched a feature called Podcast Clips that lets listeners select, trim, and share specific moments from podcast episodes. A new scissors icon in the Now Playing view opens a clipping tool where users can mark a segment of audio, preview i…
YouTube will now automatically label videos that use significant photorealistic AI, instead of relying solely on creators to disclose AI-generated content themselves. It’s also making AI labels more prominent.
Google called it the biggest change to its search box in 25 years. At I/O 2026, the company unveiled a complete overhaul of Search built around AI mode, conversational follow-ups, and autonomous agents that monitor the web on your behalf. Head of Searc…
‘Heated Rivalry’ isn’t just sustaining momentum between seasons — fans are turning the hockey romance into a full-scale cultural phenomenon.
Amazon has launched a feature that uses artificial intelligence to generate entire podcast episodes on demand. Called Alexa Podcasts, the tool allows users to ask Alexa+ to create a podcast on any topic, and the system will research the subject, prod…
Vertical drama has split into four business models. The real fight among apps, social platforms, brands and streamers is over distribution, not screen format.