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thewayneTwo companies, one common theme.
Games Workshop is the source of all things Warhammer. And they have "banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology." Senior management are fiddling with it to see if it'll do anything truly useful, otherwise they are shunning it.
Good on them!
https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs-says-none-of-its-senior-managers-are-currently-excited-about-the-tech
https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/01/15/0446208/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs
In like fashion, the independent music platform Bandcamp has banned AI-generated music from being posted on their system. They have their own Reddit page and announced “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp,” the company wrote in a post to the r/bandcamp subreddit. The new policy also prohibits “any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles.”"Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows:
- Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.
- Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.
If you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI, please use our reporting tools to flag the content for review by our team. We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated. We will be sure to communicate any updates to the policy as the rapidly changing generative AI space develops."
So they have tools in-place for reviewing suspect material. Excellent!
One of the first comments on Slashdot was that if Stevie Wonder can make music using computers, there's little reason to use generative AI.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/bandcamp-bans-purely-ai-generated-music-from-its-platform/
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/01/14/2149259/bandcamp-bans-ai-music
And finally, Matthew McConaughey. He filed EIGHT applications with the Patent and Trademark Office - ALL APPROVED - to protect his image and voice against AI use. Basically any AI generation of his likeness can be slapped with a lawsuit for trademark violation! This should give him a very good level of control over the use of his image, and for his family to control it after he has passed.
I expect to see land rush business among other celebrities as news of this spreads, especially after he sues his first victim.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrities/matthew-mcconaughey-trademarks-himself-to-fight-ai-misuse/ar-AA1UaVvt
Games Workshop is the source of all things Warhammer. And they have "banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology." Senior management are fiddling with it to see if it'll do anything truly useful, otherwise they are shunning it.
Good on them!
https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs-says-none-of-its-senior-managers-are-currently-excited-about-the-tech
https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/01/15/0446208/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs
In like fashion, the independent music platform Bandcamp has banned AI-generated music from being posted on their system. They have their own Reddit page and announced “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp,” the company wrote in a post to the r/bandcamp subreddit. The new policy also prohibits “any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles.”"Our guidelines for generative AI in music and audio are as follows:
- Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp.
- Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited in accordance with our existing policies prohibiting impersonation and intellectual property infringement.
If you encounter music or audio that appears to be made entirely or with heavy reliance on generative AI, please use our reporting tools to flag the content for review by our team. We reserve the right to remove any music on suspicion of being AI generated. We will be sure to communicate any updates to the policy as the rapidly changing generative AI space develops."
So they have tools in-place for reviewing suspect material. Excellent!
One of the first comments on Slashdot was that if Stevie Wonder can make music using computers, there's little reason to use generative AI.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/bandcamp-bans-purely-ai-generated-music-from-its-platform/
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/01/14/2149259/bandcamp-bans-ai-music
And finally, Matthew McConaughey. He filed EIGHT applications with the Patent and Trademark Office - ALL APPROVED - to protect his image and voice against AI use. Basically any AI generation of his likeness can be slapped with a lawsuit for trademark violation! This should give him a very good level of control over the use of his image, and for his family to control it after he has passed.
I expect to see land rush business among other celebrities as news of this spreads, especially after he sues his first victim.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrities/matthew-mcconaughey-trademarks-himself-to-fight-ai-misuse/ar-AA1UaVvt
