AI, Arts & Creativity News — 2026-10-17 (Sat) Evening News

Overview

Pushback and adoption both appeared in the past 24 hours. Sega pulled a game remaster from sale amid an AI art backlash, while a US film studio named its first chief AI officer. Funding, film festivals and music-platform filtering rules also drew coverage. 【Visual art and image generation】 - A Michigan State University exhibition titled "Reality Check" features a short film on AI (WLNS 6 News). - Sega pulled the Total War: Shogun 2 Remaster from sale amid an AI art backlash (BigGo Finance).

Music

- Techno star Reinier Zonneveld's startup GasLab raised $1M to make AI music pay artists (Dealroom). Tech.eu describes it as an AI music startup launched by DJ Reinier Zonneveld with $1M in pre-seed funding (Tech.eu). - Ray Ray released the music video for "Me Prometiste Más," which blends classic Tejano memories with AI technology (Tejano Nation). - A video for Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan's "Expectations" sparked an AI debate. The outlet's headline says it is not AI (InMusic Blog).

Film, video and animation

- Culver City is quietly emerging as a new center for AI filmmaking (Los Angeles Times). - The Austin AI Film Festival returns for a second year (KVUE). - Wyclef Jean is eyeing AI for a film about the Haitian Revolution (EURweb).

Design and architecture

- Northern Michigan creators commented on living and working with AI. The headline quotes one as saying "A computer is not going to stop me" (9and10News.com).

Games

- Konami's president explained why AI will not change game development (OpenCritic). - A Korean outlet reported that AI replicated an entire game console and asked whether console gaming is heading for a crisis (Asia Economy). 【Museums, exhibitions and cultural institutions】 - Taika Waititi and Kazuo Ishiguro discussed AI as "Klara and the Sun" debuted at the London Film Festival (Myanmar International TV). - Chioma Ude, founder of AFRIFF, said women and AI will define the future of filmmaking (The Sun Nigeria).

Creative workplaces and makers

- Konami president Hayakawa believes AI "won't bring a significant change" to the game market, and that humans and creators are crucial for developing innovative games (AUTOMATON). - DJ Reinier Zonneveld launched the AI music startup GasLab with $1M in pre-seed funding (Tech.eu). 【Japan's arts and creativity and AI】 - A US film studio appointed its first chief AI officer. Nikkei describes this as Hollywood moving from hostility toward AI to coexistence with it (Nikkei). - A post on Moomoo claims that AI video looks more real and impressive than live-action film, and that because many people now make films with AI, no one will use Adobe in future. This is the poster's claim, not a confirmed fact (Moomoo). - Deezer will roll out, by the end of 2026, a feature that excludes fully AI-generated music from search results (Zaikai Shimbun).

Statements by key figures

No tracked figures were listed. Statements by senior figures in the material: - Hayakawa, president of Konami: AI "won't bring a significant change" to the game market, and humans and creators are crucial (AUTOMATON, OpenCritic). - Chioma Ude, founder of AFRIFF: women and AI will define the future of filmmaking (The Sun Nigeria). - Taika Waititi and Kazuo Ishiguro talked about AI at the London Film Festival. The headline does not give their remarks (Myanmar International TV). - John Legend spoke on AI in the music industry. The headline does not give the content (CNBC Television). 【Integrated analysis: what is happening】 - Two movements appear side by side. Institutions are building AI into production and organization: a studio chief AI officer (Nikkei), a second-year AI film festival (KVUE), a filmmaking cluster in Culver City (Los Angeles Times) and an AI music startup (Tech.eu). Audiences and platforms are setting limits: Sega's removal of a remaster (BigGo Finance), Deezer's filtering of fully AI-generated music (Zaikai Shimbun) and a debate over whether a music video used AI (InMusic Blog). - The common point appears to be a question of whether and how AI use is identified, not whether AI is used. The Rodrigo and Roan video shows that a work can be suspected of using AI when it did not, according to the headline. Deezer's feature would let listeners avoid fully AI-generated music. Both may make provenance a competitive factor for creators and platforms. - Games show a split. Konami's president says AI will not change the market much and stresses human creators (AUTOMATON). Sega's case shows that even a limited use of AI in art can trigger a reaction that affects sales availability (BigGo Finance). Readers who assume that AI adoption and public acceptance move together may need to revise that view, since the headlines suggest they can diverge.

What to watch

- Whether Deezer's filtering of fully AI-generated music is released by the end of 2026 as reported, and whether other platforms adopt similar rules. - Whether other studios follow the first chief AI officer appointment, and how Hollywood's shift from hostility to coexistence shows up in production practice. - Whether game publishers other than Sega face similar backlash over AI art, and whether Konami's stance remains the industry's dominant position.