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Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: New Music and a Crash Out
This week, we discuss developers' AI woes, how the magic happens, and the Beach Boys.
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May 15, 2026
This week, we discuss developers' AI woes, how the magic happens, and the Beach Boys.
Anthropic was experimenting with an AI-generated blog. TechCrunch profiled it. Then, Anthropic shut it down.
The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users' phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy…
OpenWav is building a direct-to-fan platform for music artists which lets them keep more of the profits.
OpenAI may be reversing course on how it approaches copyright and intellectual property in its new video app Sora.
Current and former OpenAI researchers seem torn over how the company's Sora app fits in with its broader mission.
