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MSG sues WIRED for celeb surveillance claims | Lorde slams streaming for AI slop + AI companion bans

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Show Notes

The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 22nd, 2026.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:44 Madison Square Garden files defamation lawsuit against WIRED

10:00 Lorde calls out Spotify for AI features

17:10 AI companion crackdown + AI updates

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Sources:

https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-celebrity-database-surveillance/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/business/media/msg-entertainment-sues-wired-magazine.html

https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/

https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/msg-vs-ny-the-clash-over-facial-recognition-and-the-need-for-regulation/GLTR-03-2023/

https://i-d.co/article/sza-i-d-cover-interview-2026/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/lorde-calls-out-spotifys-ai-about-the-song-feature-1236650571/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1uzaedg/lorde_calls_out_spotifys_ai_about_the_song/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lorde-slams-spotify-ai-generated-song-descriptions-1235594882/

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-06/about-the-song-beta/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-16/spotify-making-ai-music-easier-to-detect/106919814

https://support.spotify.com/us/artists/article/ai-credits/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-19/china-cracks-down-on-artificial-intelligence-companions/106925352

https://www.twobirds.com/en/insights/2026/china/china's-new-regulations-on-ai-anthropomorphic-interactive-services

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-19/china-cracks-down-on-artificial-intelligence-companions/106925352

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/02/china-is-worried-about-ai-companions-heres-what-its-doing-about-them

https://mattsheehan.substack.com/p/chinas-ai-companion-reg-and-the-growing

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2026/789299/EPRS_BRI(2026)789299_EN.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technology/openai-attack-hugging-face.html

https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/

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