The article also provides a brief update on other popular news, including trolls flooding X with graphic Taylor Swift AI fakes, Microsoft laying off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees, Microsoft Teams experiencing a global outage, and Apple's decision to allow sideloading and alternate app stores on the iPhone, as well as full versions of Chrome and Firefox.
Key takeaways:
- The estate of legendary comedian George Carlin has sued the Dudesy comedy podcast over an AI-generated comedy special.
- Amrita Khalid, one of the authors of audio industry newsletter Hot Pod, is covering the story.
- Spotify and Apple are undergoing an EU overhaul.
- Apple is bringing sideloading and alternate app stores to the iPhone, and is also allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone.