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The music industry is grappling with artificial intelligence on multiple fronts. Suno Music and ElevenLabs both made significant moves in September, while streaming fraud continues to cost rights holders real money. The broader question of who owns what in an AI-saturated music landscape is becoming harder to answer by the day.
From music to motors, a new report finds that vehicle repair costs have climbed sixty percent since two thousand nineteen, roughly twice the rate of general inflation. The culprit is largely the technology embedded in modern cars. Proprietary software and locked systems mean small repair shops must invest heavily in specialized equipment just to stay competitive, and drivers are absorbing that cost.
And in the autonomous vehicle space, Uber has confirmed an investment in Verne, a Croatian robotaxi company with ambitions across Europe. It signals that Uber is not content to simply watch the self-driving race from the sidelines, and that the competition for driverless mobility beyond the United States is heating up faster than many expected.
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