Meta is testing StoryKit, an app that generates AI-created bedtime stories for children based on user-selected characters, settings, and lessons. The app is currently in pilot testing in select countries and requires users to be 18 or older, generating personalized stories without requiring parents to write anything themselves. The article critiques the app as outsourcing imagination and human connection, arguing that despite busy lives, parents have alternatives to relying on AI-generated bedtime stories.
Major entertainment platforms including Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok are consolidating into universal apps that blend music, video, podcasts, gaming, and shopping rather than focusing on single formats. Netflix added gaming and live sports, Spotify expanded into audiobooks and fitness classes, YouTube integrated short-form content and podcasts, and TikTok added long-form videos and event ticketing. AI powers cross-format recommendation engines and content creation tools, reducing friction for users to switch apps and increasing time spent and revenue per user.
Director Neill Blomkamp released a 13-minute sci-fi short film titled Nightborne created entirely with ByteDance's Sora text-to-video generator through his new AI startup Barley Studios. The film, loosely based on Peter Watts' 2014 novel Echopraxia, used AI to generate every shot while featuring characters with voices and faces modeled after human actors. Blomkamp described the project as a test to demonstrate generative AI capabilities and expressed interest in creating a full feature film using similar technology.
Deezer reports that AI-generated music now comprises over 50% of daily track uploads on its platform, up from 10% in January 2025. The company recorded 90,000 AI-generated tracks uploaded daily in June 2026, with the volume growing steadily across the past 18 months. Deezer will remove AI tracks without streams in six months or linked to fraudulent activity, joining other platforms in taking stronger stances on AI music monetization and artist protection.
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