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August 13, 2026

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Importance: monitoring Meta Regulation and law 1 source

Former head of civil rights at Meta criticizes the discrepancy between the manifesto by Zuckerberg and the company's practices

Former vice president for civil rights at Meta Roy Austin criticizes the manifesto “The Future is for Everyone” by Mark Zuckerberg for the discrepancy between promises of ethical AI and the company's practices – eliminating ethics teams and lobbying against AI regulation.

Importance: monitoring New models update ✓ 2

Suno releases Studio 2.0 with MIDI support, AI chat and unlimited export

Suno Studio 2.0 adds MIDI editing, a chat interface for creating instruments and effects, and stem separation; Premier subscribers get unlimited 32-bit/48 kHz export. Meanwhile, a German court ruled that Suno violates copyright law.

New: Stem separation is included in the Studio 2.0 features; Unlimited multitrack export at 32-bit/48kHz for Premier subscribers; The chat interface lets users communicate with the DAW as if it were a bandmate to create instruments and vocals; A German court ruled that Suno violates German copyright law

Importance: monitoring Amazon AI agents ✓ official

Amazon Quick arrives as an extension directly in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Amazon has made extensions for the Amazon Quick assistant available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. The assistant draws on data from AWS, QuickSight and connected services and can edit documents directly. No additional licenses are required for customers on the Plus, Professional and Enterprise plans.

Importance: monitoring Business and investment 1 source

Apple is in talks with publishers about payments for content for Siri AI

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is in talks with publishers about paid access to their content for the new Siri AI. It is proposing payments based on actual content usage instead of a fixed licensing fee, and the budget is expected to reach a nine-digit figure. Siri AI is expected to launch later this year.