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Google is rolling out labels on YouTube Music that flag tracks created or significantly altered using generative AI, appearing on the player page with a tappable menu for more details. The system relies on a mix of Google's own detection tools, partnerships, and optional disclosures from publishers, who can mark uploads as fully, partially, or not AI-generated.
Following years of generative AI deployment by major tech firms largely on their own terms, some consumers are now using AI tools to bypass paywalls, restrictions and data-collection practices imposed by those same companies. The trend marks a shift from AI being used primarily by corporations to extract value from users, toward individuals using it to push back.
Bloomberg is enhancing its generative AI chat interface, ASKB, by allowing users to incorporate their own information into the system. This update aims to give the tool more contextual data to work with when answering queries.
Character.AI, the chatbot-creation startup, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to facilitate a sale of its assets, listing liabilities between $50 million and $100 million. Disney has been named the lead 'stalking horse' bidder at $20 million, with higher offers still possible before a sale expected to close by early December. Character.AI's services will keep running during the process but could shut down if no buyer emerges.
Getty Images plans a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a deal to take the company private, backed by $533 million from Getty family affiliates and Charles Koch's investment firm Koch Equity Development. The move aims to reduce debt that exceeded $1.3 billion as of June 30th, and comes months after Getty abandoned a $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock due to UK regulatory restrictions. The restructuring is expected to close by year-end and is said to not affect contributors, partners, customers or employees.
A survey of 1,000 full-time US employees by business intelligence firm Visier found that 48% admitted to overstating their use or expertise with generative AI tools to coworkers or managers. Nearly half said they feel pressured to use AI without confidence they can do so effectively, citing insufficient training and unclear guidance from employers.
Nikon Instruments disqualified Ning Xu's winning entry in its Small World in Motion microscopy video competition after determining the submission involved generative AI. A contest spokesperson confirmed the disqualification to Gizmodo, citing the use of AI as the reason the entry was ruled ineligible.
Nikon has stripped Dr Ning Xu of Tsinghua University of his Small World In Motion prize after ruling his winning video breached contest rules on generative AI. The video depicted cilia movement in a child with the respiratory condition PCD, but several scientists, including former judges, publicly questioned its authenticity. Nikon said the decision followed a re-evaluation of the footage and consultation with its judging panel, and does not reflect on Xu's professional standing.
Nikon has stripped Dr. Ning Xu's video of its first-place win in the Small World in Motion microscopy contest after determining it violated rules on generative AI use. The video had purported to show cilia movement in a child's airway affected by PCD, but Xu acknowledged using an AI-based post-processing method to generate the imagery. Nguyen Nam Nhat's entry now holds the top spot following the update.
Samuel King, a bioengineering PhD candidate at Stanford, employed a generative AI model in 2025 to create genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. His work suggests that AI could potentially be used to design new biological entities in the future. The interview with senior AI reporter James O'Donnell will explore the implications of this research for biology and AI development.
The Document Foundation, which makes the open source LibreOffice suite, says it will not build generative AI into the software for now. It calls this a deliberate design choice meant to keep documents from being uploaded to external servers, and notes users can still connect local AI models through extensions if they wish.
Kevin Roose's new book, The AGI Chronicles, recounts the history of AI development through interviews with industry insiders, aiming to serve as a detailed historical record. Despite the book's focus on AI, Roose clarified that he did not use AI tools to assist in writing it. The author has a background in tech journalism and has conducted over 150 interviews to compile the narrative.