AI Ethics & Society
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Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments
Oracle confirmed it laid off 21,000 staff members during the fiscal year ending May 31, 2026. The company…
AI Video & Creative
Creative
Something’s off with Midjourney’s pivot to body scanners
Midjourney, an artificial intelligence startup known for image generation, has announced a new medical imaging product. The company…
AI Music
Music
Noiseferatu: open-source, 45 algorithms, like a KAOSS Pad from Hell
The DIY Noiseferatu kit is a handheld, open-source generative texture synthesiser built around the Seeed Studio XIAO SAMD21…
AI Music
Music
James Blake is frustrated with the “fake” music industry : “If you’re an artist…You’re probably doing better than you think”
James Blake told fans on Instagram that the music industry is now a system of fakes. He noted…
AI Ethics & Society
Ethics
Libraries Not Doing Pride Displays Say They ‘Shouldn’t Be Judged’
Rachel Rodman was fired from her job as a library clerk and program assistant with the Crawford County…
AI Ethics & Society
Ethics
Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition
Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists who have publicly criticized the venue’s use of facial recognition…
AI Music
Music
Tributes pour in for Clive Davis, the music executive behind Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and others, after he dies at 94
Clive Davis has died at the age of 94, his family confirmed on Wednesday. The former head of…
AI Video & Creative
Creative
ByteDance’s Seedance 2.5 breaks the 30-second barrier for AI video generation
ByteDance has announced Seedance 2.5, a new video generation model capable of creating single clips lasting up to…
AI Music
Music
Is Oeksound’s Soothe3 the most transparent resonance suppressor yet?
£199 / £45 upgrade / rent-to own available, oeksound.com I reviewed Soothe2 in 2020. At the time, it…
AI Ethics & Society
Ethics
The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI
Oracle announced on Monday that it has cut 21,000 jobs over the last year, a 13% reduction that…