Stability AI Closes Series B Backed by Music and Gaming Giants
Stability AI closes its Series B at $232M total funding under new leadership — with Electronic Arts, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group among the investors backing its licensed-data generative AI strategy.
How EA Is Bringing Generative AI Into Living, Playable Worlds
Runway published a case study on how Electronic Arts is integrating generative AI into game development, creating living, playable worlds that respond dynamically to player actions. The partnership demonstrates AI's potential in interactive entertainment.
Runway Brings AI-Generated Characters to SIGGRAPH's Biggest Stage
Runway showcased its AI-generated characters at SIGGRAPH 2026, demonstrating how generative models can create consistent, expressive characters for film and interactive media. The presentation highlighted advances in character consistency and motion quality.
Spotify and Universal Music strike deal allowing fan-made AI covers and remixes
Spotify and Universal Music Group will let Premium subscribers create AI-generated song covers and remixes, with participating artists sharing in the revenue via a paid add-on.
Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
Spotify is rolling out AI Q&A for Premium mobile users in the US, Sweden, and Ireland, plus daily or weekly auto-generated briefing podcasts from prompts, links, PDFs, and custom voices.