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45% of the EU's total economic activity is attributable to the intellectual property industry worth EUR 6.6 trillion in Patents, Trade Marks, Industrial Design and Copyright. (25 September 2019, EUIPO)
We have collected in these pages a set of articles and news from around the world on the topic of Intellectual Property and Copyright, selected and verified by our Press Office.
The Death of Spotify: Part II
2026-04-14 The Artist Economy
Users don’t like Spotify, do they. Most people are aware of how the platform treats artists; they know full well that they aren’t protected or paid as they should be. At the same time, however, any consumer will always prioritise convenience over morality, and as a result, the significance of what was mentioned abo...
The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete
2026-04-13 The Artist Economy
‘In my view, streaming services are on the brink of obsolescence’. With these words, record producer Jimmy Iovine completely overturns the music industry as it has been shaped over the last decade. Since the advent of music streaming platforms, the entire music landscape has grown around digital providers, shifting...
Crunchyroll probes breach after hacker claims to steal 6.8M users' data
2026-04-10 BleepingComputer
Crunchyroll, one of the streaming platforms for animated content, recently announced that it had launched an investigation into a data breach following claims by hackers that they had stolen personal information relating to approximately 6.8 million users. According to the company’s initial statements, the breach app...
The curious case of AI Rome, Alibaba’s AI that got rid of its programmers and started mining bitcoin
2026-04-09 Corriere della Sera
A team of researchers from Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, recently found themselves in a rather curious situation. The researchers, accompanied by their AI agent named ‘AI Rome’, were working on a specific training session for the agent in question when they lost control of the tool.
AI Rome, in fact, foun...
Musician admits to $10M streaming royalty fraud using AI bots
2026-04-08 BleepingComputer
Mike Smith, a musician from North Carolina, has pleaded guilty to pocketing over $10 million in royalties through a scam targeting several music distribution platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. According to reports, the man purchased hundreds of thousands of artificially generated tracks from a...
WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more
2026-04-07 Techcrunch
Artificial intelligence-based agents are becoming increasingly widespread. They are now present within various professional and private sectors, and are reshaping the workflow of thousands of users every day. The use of these controversial tools is not particularly surprising, especially when one considers recent devel...
Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll
2026-04-03 404 Media
Getting back into the world of ‘dating’, returning to the scene in search of dates and the right person, is never easy. It requires a certain amount of self-confidence, and the ability to put yourself out there, to approach others without prejudice. These days, it is increasingly common to use online platforms crea...
Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows
2026-04-02 404 Media
The habit of turning to AI-based tools in moments of vulnerability or loneliness is becoming increasingly common. In recent years, following the rise of chatbots, younger, tech-savvy users have indeed turned to the impartial support invariably provided by this type of tool.
However, receiving (and seeking) emotional s...
‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’
2026-04-01 The Guardian
The English term ‘enshittification’ (colloquially ‘shittification’), which has become widespread in the online world in recent years, refers to the continuous deterioration of the services provided by online platforms over time. The word has an exclusively negative connotation and is often used to describe the ...
People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds
2026-03-31 404Media
"We need to take a deep breath. We must ensure that artificial intelligence and robotics serve all of us, not just a handful of billionaires." The words of Senator Bernie Sanders remind us, once again, that the most famous and widespread technologies of today are almost entirely available to those who can afford them, ...
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
2026-03-30 404Media
Although artificial intelligence is now regarded as a technologycapable of acting autonomously, it is important to remember that, fundamentally, its operation is stilldependent on human input. The content generated by this tool is based on material produced by humankind, its behaviour mimics that of humans, and the pre...
Investigating AI Deepfakes
2026-03-27 Coffeezilla - Youtube
Today’s featured content is a video recently published by the journalist and YouTuber Coffeezilla. The investigations and research carried out by his team often provide valuable tangible examples of the consequences of artificial intelligence, and what we’re presenting today is no exception.
By 2026, most people a...
Nyne, founded by a father-son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing
2026-03-26 Techcrunch
Artificial intelligence-based agents are becoming increasingly widespread. The idea of being able to entrust the less interesting and more repetitive tasks of ‘personal administration’ to a technological tool, rather than dealing with them personally, certainly sounds appealing to certain groups of people. Not havi...
Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate
2026-03-25 404Media
If there is one area in which the use of artificial intelligence should never be permitted, it is in government administration. This technology has spread so rapidly and widely that it has penetrated fields and sectors where it should never have been allowed to enter, including healthcare, psychology and, as mentioned,...
New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking
2026-03-24 The Guardian
The whole field of mental and psychological health is, sadly, increasingly overlooked; issues and events relating to the psychological landscape tend to be brushed aside rather quickly, rather than being explored in depth. The result of this attitude is, more often than not, a gradual deterioration in the well-being of...
AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds
2026-03-23 The Guardian
Online anonymity does not necessarily have to be synonymous with danger. In a society obsessed with appearances, choosing an account that is disconnected from one’s everyday life can be a way out for those who wish to navigate the vast world of the internet without having to reveal their true identity. Nevertheless, ...