Meta
Oversight Board orders Meta to remove a UK councillor deepfake
The board overturned Meta twice in one ruling and said the company's safeguards against AI deepfakes are consistently and fundamentally inadequate.
Business
Deals, funding, lawsuits and the money behind AI video.
AppLovin
AppLovin sued over delays to its AI video ad tool
A securities class action alleges the advertising company overstated how reliably its models improved while its generative AI video creative tool slipped.
montana
Judge Blocks Montana's Election-Deepfake Law for One PAC
U.S. District Judge Susan Watters found the 2025 statute likely discriminates on viewpoint as applied, and limited the order to one committee and its co-plaintiff.
meta
Meta Puts AI Video Generation Behind a $7.99 to $499 Subscription Ladder
Core at $7.99 and Premium at $19.99 unlock higher monthly use of Meta AI's Muse image and video generation, and Meta says 15 million subscriptions and trials have been taken.
DMCA
Appeals court rejects copyright-notice claims over GitHub Copilot
The Ninth Circuit held that Copilot and OpenAI's Codex generating new code without copyright notices is not "removing" them, leaving infringement claims as the harder road for AI plaintiffs.
Runway
Runway merges its app and API credits into one pool
The change merges credit purchases into one invoice and adds sign-up bonuses for enterprises that commit by December 31, 2026.
Pocket Entertainment
Pocket FM hits a $500M run rate with AI making 99% of new shows
Parent company Pocket Entertainment reportedly seeks $100 million to $120 million at up to a $2 billion valuation, and says AI made production about 80 times cheaper.
SB 1050
California becomes the 2nd state to make ads label AI actors
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the SAG-AFTRA-sponsored bill on September 16, over a veto request from 4 national advertising trade groups that called its labeling mandate overbroad.
Manhattan DA
Manhattan prosecutors seize 12 websites over AI sexual deepfakes
District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office says the sites sold AI-made sexual deepfakes of about 1,200 people, calls it the largest seizure of its kind and has announced no charges.
Runway
Runway says its revenue run rate doubled to $200M since April
Co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis disclosed the figure the same day Runway said the team from Paris research lab Kinetix is joining to work on world models for robotics.
Stability AI
Stability AI raises $76M with all 3 major music labels on board
The August 25 Series B, also joined by Electronic Arts, brings Stability AI's total to $232 million and gives Universal, Sony and Warner a stake in a company that also makes video models.