At CinemaCon in Las Vegas, MPA Chairman Charles Rivkin champions AI as a storytelling tool rather than a human replacement, while Cinema United's Michael O'Leary warns that the looming Warner Bros. and Paramount merger could shrink theatrical film output and damage the entire entertainment ecosystem.
Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI clone of himself trained on his voice, image, and mannerisms so employees can interact with him directly, while Meta eyes expanding the technology to creators looking to engage their followers at scale.
Meta's AI app rockets to No. 6 on the US Apple App Store with an 87% download surge after the debut of Muse Spark, the first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, as the AI app landscape heats up with four of the top six free apps now AI-driven.
Spotify is rolling out AI-powered playlist generation for podcasts, letting premium users in select markets build personalized podcast feeds using natural language prompts, with customizable update schedules and AI-generated explanations for each recommendation.
Google launches free AI avatars, Veo 3.1 video generation, and AI music tools in Google Vids just as OpenAI shuts down Sora, positioning itself as the dominant force in AI video creation for both consumers and enterprise users.
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite at just 5 cents per second, dramatically undercutting competitors in the AI video market as OpenAI simultaneously retreats by scrapping its Sora model and abandoning a $1 billion Disney deal.
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, its most affordable AI video generation model yet, offering developers Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video capabilities at less than 50% of the cost of Veo 3.1 Fast, with support for 720p and 1080p resolutions and flexible durations, available now through the Gemini API.
OpenAI launches enterprise-focused Codex plugins integrating Google Drive, GitHub, and Slack, while simultaneously shutting down Sora, ending its $1 billion Disney deal, and pausing adult content plans as the company aggressively pivots toward IPO readiness and a 50-50 consumer-to-enterprise revenue split.
OpenAI shuts down its Sora AI video app after just five months, triggering Disney to pull a $1 billion licensing deal as the entertainment giant's AI strategy hangs in uncertainty under new CEO Josh D'Amaro.
Apple drops iOS 26.4, introducing an AI-powered Playlist Playground for Apple Music, Live Translation in 17 languages, new Freeform image tools, eight new emojis, and offline music recognition, while a fully redesigned Siri remains on the horizon for WWDC 2026.