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Music streaming platform Deezer is sounding the alarm on AI-generated content, revealing that more than half of all tracks uploaded daily to its platform are now machine-made. That works out to over ninety thousand AI tracks every single day, raising serious questions about how streaming platforms sustain artist discovery and fair compensation when the flood of synthetic music never sleeps.
Shifting from sound waves to ocean waves, a maritime startup called Bluecore Energy has raised ten million dollars in pre-seed funding to develop portable nuclear reactors mounted on barges. The pitch is clean, on-demand power for coastal communities, ports, and remote operations. It is an ambitious idea, and while ten million dollars is a modest start for nuclear ambitions, the backing from Slauson and Company signals real investor appetite.
And if you run a website on WordPress, now is the time to check your version number. Security researchers have disclosed two vulnerabilities that, when chained together, allow attackers to execute code remotely without any authentication at all, meaning full site takeover is possible. Administrators are urged to upgrade to version six point nine point five or newer immediately, as active attacks are already underway.
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