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Today's top AI news stories — 2026-07-21: 1. Here are the 30,000 songs Sony is suing Udio’s AI music generator over Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to 2. SpaceX in your index fund, explained Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like Sp 3. YouTube cracks down on AI-generated low-quality content YouTube updated its monetization policies to clearly define which AI-generated and low-quality videos cannot earn ad revenue, addressing the growing problem of 'AI slop' flooding the platform. The pol 4. Adobe's camera app embraces generative AI tools Adobe's Project Indigo camera app, originally designed for natural SLR-like iPhone photography, now includes generative AI features for photo editing and background removal. The shift shows how photog 5. Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models. Full briefing: https://ainews.q-sci.org/blog/post_2026-07-21.html