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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the tech desk.
Amazon Game Studios will transfer Western publishing responsibilities for “Lost Ark” and “Throne and Liberty” back to Smilegate and NC, respectively, as it shifts away from massively multiplayer online games.
AI music generator Suno has added BMG as a licensing partner as it prepares new models trained with licensed music.
Google says its Gemini app has reached 1 billion users, with voice used by 63% of users and more than 150 million images generated daily.
Joby Aviation agreed to acquire Resonant Sciences for $500 million, a deal intended to establish Joby’s defense business.
Spotify says it will begin labeling artist profiles built around AI-generated identities in mid-September and exclude their music from recommendations by default.
Modelling across 64 scenarios found AI-enabled gains in fossil-fuel production could outweigh emissions avoided through renewable-energy applications, though researchers described the result as directional rather than a precise forecast.
Court authorities in England and Wales will confiscate Meta smart glasses at entrances and return them when users leave, citing restrictions on recording inside judicial buildings.
Anthropic says it plans to watermark text generated by its AI models and extend the feature to output from older models.
