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Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence (AI), Culture, Dave Stewart, Intellectual property, Music, Pop and rock, Technology, UK news

Producer says creatives need to own their intellectual property so they can license it to generative AI platformsThe Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart has said artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force”, and musicians and other artists should bow to the inevitable and license their music to generative AI platforms.These platforms use artificial intelligence to analyse existing […]

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I spent hours listening to Sabrina Carpenter this year. So why do I have a Spotify ‘listening age’ of 86?

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Digital music and audio, Music, Spotify

Many users of the app were shocked, this week, by this addition to the Spotify Wrapped roundup – especially twentysomethings who were judged to be 100“Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally.” Those words were the first inkling I had that I was about to receive some very bad news.I woke up

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Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Games, Indie games

Pulled by Steam and Epic Games Store, indie horror Horses shook up the industry before it was even released. Now it’s out, all the drama surrounding it seems superfluousOn 25 November, award-winning Italian developer Santa Ragione, responsible for acclaimed titles such as MirrorMoon EP and Saturnalia, revealed that its latest project, Horses, had been banned

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Dan Houser on Victorian novels, Red Dead Redemption and redefining open-world games

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Dan Houser, Games, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 5, Red Dead Redemption

As the Grand Theft Auto co-writer launches a new project, he reflects on his hugely successful open-world adventures and where game design might go next• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt is hard to think of a more modern entertainment format than the open-world video game. These sprawling technological endeavours,

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Spotify Wrapped is taking over our feeds, but you don’t have outsource your relationship with music to AI | Liz Pelly

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence (AI), Culture, Digital music and audio, Entrepreneurship, Music, Social media, Spotify

The streamer’s annual charts are just another version of the tech that’s alienating us from our inner lives. Hold on to your musical memories and reclaim ownership of your tasteI like year-end list season. I like an opportunity to remember and reflect on the records that stuck with me over the course of a year

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Sleep Awake review – Gary Numan cameos in an overly straightforward sleep-deprivation horror

Artificial Intelligence, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Games, Gary Numan

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Eyes Out/Blumhouse GamesPsychedelic visuals and a promising premise are let down by tired game design in this first-person horror with an appearance from the synthpop pioneerVideo games have delivered a feast of singular and wondrous sights in 2025: ecological fantasias teeming with magical beasts; stunning, historically obsessive recreations of feudal Japan.

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The best science and nature books of 2025

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial intelligence (AI), Best books of the year, Books, Culture, Environment, Geography, Science, Science and nature books

From the threat of superintelligent AI to the secrets of a longer life; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick This felt like the year that AI really arrived. It is on our phones and laptops; it is creeping into digital and corporate infrastructure; it is changing the way we learn,

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