AI, Arts & Creativity News — 2026-10-09 (Fri) Evening News

Overview

- In music, it has been reported that UMG and ElevenLabs are partnering on a remix platform, and it has been announced that they will not use or accept AI products in game music, stages, and theater companies. - For video, the provision of generation and editing tools (Anthropic, Mopic) and the film festival, short film production, and screening system are in operation at the same time. - In Japan, there were reports of production equipment, exhibitions, analysis tools for artists affiliated with galleries, and job changes for manga artists.

Art/image generation

- Matt Gillespie argues in the New Hampshire Union Leader that AI slop has no place in historic settings (apparently an editorial). - China Daily reports on the movement to use AI as a source of inspiration. - South Korea's PM pledged efforts to protect the value of Hangul in the age of AI (The Korea Times). - ABC reported that artists say that Etsy, which used to be a place for crafts, is now filled with AI creations and imitations. - According to the Toronto Sun, an Oshawa city councilor said AI was responsible for a post waiving museum nuisance fines. This is a city councilor's claim and has not been confirmed as fact.

music

- According to Billboard, UMG will partner with ElevenLabs to develop an AI music remixing platform. - According to TechRadar, Control Resonant's composer says that if studios respect their IP and the game, they don't want to use library music or AI music. - According to the Irish Times, Jennifer Walshe says AI music has become the "Ozempic of the industry" and everyone is using it. - According to The Fast Mode, Telefónica is combining AI and symphonic music to capture audience emotions.

Movies/videos/anime

- PBS reported that while AI startups offer new possibilities for video creators, concerns remain. - According to Variety, Fan Bingbing says young Chinese audiences aren't being given enough work as AI microdramas proliferate. - According to Reuters, Anthropic has released dashboard and animation tools for Claude. - KXAN reports that the Austin AI Film Festival will be held again. - Deadline has an article asking whether Royal Mail used AI to recreate the voices of the people who narrated the BBC and Paddington. The headline is questionable and the facts are not confirmed.

Design/Architecture

- KCRG reports that Cedar Rapids theater company will stop using AI-generated art. - Other headings (Quantum Magnet Design, AI Designed Virus, Generated AI for Sales, Edge NPU) are not in the context of art/creation and are not subject to this section.

game

- Time Extension reported that Antstream is using AI to build what the magazine calls a "brain rot" game infrastructure. Peter Thiel is listed as one of the investors. "Brain rot" is the magazine's rating. This is a music distribution fraud, and the details will be dealt with in a separate section. - Headlines related to OpenAI and Anthropic's share will be excluded as they have nothing to do with creation.

Museums, exhibitions, cultural institutions

- According to CTV, a children's exhibition featuring AI has opened at the MacKenzie Art Gallery. - According to El.kz, the UAE's Minister of State for AI cited the Astana AI Film Festival as an example of the potential of AI. - Headlines about robots on Vietnam.vn will be excluded as they are not related to art.

Creation site and creator

- AI podcast startup Rebel Audio has raised funding, according to Dealroom. The amount will be treated as a separate section. - According to Analytics India Magazine, Vatsal Sheth believes AI is changing film production, but human judgment will prevail. - According to 벤처스퀘어, Mopic has made it possible to control character movements and camera work using the AI function ``3D Scene,'' which allows you to compose images like a director. - According to SMEStreet, IICT and YouTube are working on four short AI films. - According to Yahoo Finance, Dell announced an AI-enabled Windows PC for creators and developers.

Japanese art/creation and AI

- ARTnews JAPAN reported on a new tool that uses AI to analyze artists affiliated with galleries and visualize gender disparities in the art world. - According to VIDEO SALON, ASUS JAPAN has released ``ProArt P16 / P14'' notebook PCs for creators equipped with NVIDIA RTX Spark. - COOL KAGAWA reported that an AI art exhibition was held in Takamatsu, featuring 85 works by people ranging from elementary school students to people in their 80s. Participants said they felt the potential of AI art. - According to Vietnam.vn, the Ministry of Culture will review AI films. The article is not about Japan, but about Vietnam, and the regional classification does not match. - Yahoo! News reported that a manga artist who lost his job to AI started farming and experienced harvesting peaches. This is a story told from the person's own experience.

Remarks from VIPs

- Matt Gillespie, New Hampshire Union Leader contributor: Says AI slop has no place in the historic arena. - Prime Minister of South Korea (PM): Pledged efforts to protect the value of Hangul in the age of AI. - Composer of Control Resonant: If you respect the IP and the game, please don't use library music or AI music.

- Fan Bingbing (filmmaker): With the proliferation of AI microdramas, young Chinese audiences say they are not being given enough work. - Vatsal Sheth (film official): I believe that human judgment has the upper hand.

- On the veto side, there's Gillespie's op-ed, comments from the composer of Control Resonant, a change in direction from a Cedar Rapids theater company, and an Etsy artist's lawsuit.

There are multiple claims that leave human judgment.