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💸 Your Credits Go On Renders That Finish Wrong 🎙️ Japan Rules Your Voice Is Protected
California writes embedded provenance into law, and 26 of 54 people took a Tavus avatar for human.
💸 Kling 4.0 Early Access Costs US$1,429.99 A Year 🎙️ Eleven v4 Is 72% Off Until 12 Oct
Qobuz says 60% of streams on AI tracks are fraud. Plus Opus 5.5 films as code and Lightroom's catch.
🎙️ Tokyo Rules On A Cloned Anime Voice Wednesday 🎬 Google Vids Makes 1080p Video Free
Faking a voice got cheaper. Plus the gap in YouTube's voice detector and free 1080p Google Vids.
👁️ A $100,000 AI Film Won With A Three-Eyed Cyclops ⚖️ UMG Goes After DistroKid
Plus YouTube's three-cut hook test, Mirelo's picture-led foley, and Topaz staying standalone.
🎬 Sora's API Dies Tomorrow, and Seedance's Draft Mode Cuts Reroll Costs 57%
Plus Meta's AI labels ruled inadequate, SubmitHub's 85% AI cutoff, and Autodesk's unfixable demo.
⚖️ California Makes You Label Your AI Actors 🎬 The AI Short That Cost $29,575
Plus: Qwen's open weights you are not licensed to sell, and Seedance in half the generations.