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Week in Review: Everyone's a director now

November 2, 2026

Week in Review: Everyone's a director now

A music video released with AI shots its director and production company never saw. Why the disrespect and the provenance failure are the same failure, and what to put in your contracts.

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Black October: What This Month’s AI Security Scares Mean for Creative Companies

October 27, 2026

Black October: What This Month’s AI Security Scares Mean for Creative Companies

PHP2Shell, the Storm-0940 attack, a poisoned LiteLLM and AI agents in bank accounts: what October 2026 means for agencies and studios, and what to check.

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Week in Review: Everyone's rich. Who's paying?

October 19, 2026

Week in Review: Everyone's rich. Who's paying?

Record markets, circular AI money, Anthropic's investor day, Character.AI's bankruptcy and Netflix layoffs: who actually pays for the AI boom?

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Week in Review: Ad tech is coming for everything

October 12, 2026

Week in Review: Ad tech is coming for everything

OpenAI, Meta, TikTok and the TV networks are pulling creative, media buying and measurement into one machine. What that means for creative companies.

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Week in Review: The cute agent has your password

October 5, 2026

Week in Review: The cute agent has your password

OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse want to act on your behalf. What AI agents with real permissions mean for creative companies, and who is responsible when they act.

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Shilpa Bisaria, joins KoobrikLabs, as Board Member

July 8, 2026

Shilpa Bisaria, joins KoobrikLabs, as Board Member

KoobrikLabs appoints Shilpa Bisaria to its Board, reinforcing its leadership as it advances AI for the creative industries.

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Month in review: AI is becoming the fabric of our lives…

May 28, 2026

Month in review: AI is becoming the fabric of our lives…

A monthly AI roundup covering creative industries, automation, enterprise shifts, and the systems reshaping modern work.

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Month in review: working while you sleep

April 29, 2026

Month in review: working while you sleep

A monthly AI roundup covering agents, enterprise adoption, labor shifts, and how automation is enabling “working while you sleep.”

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Who Gets To Call Themselves An Artist?

April 28, 2026

Who Gets To Call Themselves An Artist?

An exploration of art, AI, and creativity, and how new tools are reshaping who gets to be called an artist.

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When Creation Becomes Cheap

April 21, 2026

When Creation Becomes Cheap

An analysis of Doug Shapiro’s thesis on generative AI, and how falling production costs and infinite supply are reshaping media value.

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The Making Of Is the Media

March 26, 2026

The Making Of Is the Media

Why advertising should build in public and how showing the creative process can increase value, trust, and relevance in the age of AI.

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From Boutique to Bi-Coastal: Designing the Modern Agency Post Pipeline

March 10, 2026

From Boutique to Bi-Coastal: Designing the Modern Agency Post Pipeline

Learn how to scale post production across offices with hybrid cloud infrastructure, shared render capacity, and disciplined storage strategy.

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The Fair Use Argument Is Inherently Communist

February 24, 2026

The Fair Use Argument Is Inherently Communist

A look at how the AI training debate could reshape intellectual property rights across creative and knowledge-based industries

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AI & Creativity Summit, LA: What We’re Taking Back to our Community

November 28, 2025

AI & Creativity Summit, LA: What We’re Taking Back to our Community

A look at what the AI & Creativity Summit revealed about creative identity, data safety, and building responsible, future-ready AI workflows.

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Data Is the New Creative Brief: Why the Next Great Small Agency Will Be Data-First

November 26, 2025

Data Is the New Creative Brief: Why the Next Great Small Agency Will Be Data-First

Why the next great small agency will be data-first, and how independent agencies can use creative data to compete with the holding companies.

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Ai’s Most Overlooked Feature is its Most Powerful

October 14, 2025

Ai’s Most Overlooked Feature is its Most Powerful

Why the context window is AI's most overlooked and most useful feature for creative teams, from reading scripts to building working systems.

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The Day 1 DAM Playbook: Scale from 100k to 10M Assets Without Chaos

September 15, 2025

The Day 1 DAM Playbook: Scale from 100k to 10M Assets Without Chaos

Streamline production, protect assets, and boost collaboration with secure Digital Asset Management (DAM).

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The Messy Middle: Technology trends for creatives

August 27, 2025

The Messy Middle: Technology trends for creatives

Creative industries face a messy middle. Discover 2025 tech trends, AI signals, and insights for navigating change.

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Prompt like a Pro: Hollywood’s guide to talking to AI (and keeping it legal)

August 27, 2025

Prompt like a Pro: Hollywood’s guide to talking to AI (and keeping it legal)

Guide for Hollywood creatives to navigate AI safely - balancing artistry, legality & tech while avoiding IP pitfalls.

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Why LLM compliance now matters in LA’s creative sector

August 25, 2025

Why LLM compliance now matters in LA’s creative sector

LLM compliance in LA’s creative workflows: ensuring legal safety, brand alignment, and IP protection with AI.

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Shadow AI: The quiet risk in your company

August 25, 2025

Shadow AI: The quiet risk in your company

Shadow AI is the creative industry’s blind spot, risking IP, compliance, and client trust without proper governance.

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ChatGPT’s privacy wake up call

August 5, 2025

ChatGPT’s privacy wake up call

Last week's ChatGPT leak was a wake up call around the privacy and compliance of using large language models (LLMs).

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Agentic AI for creatives

August 4, 2025

Agentic AI for creatives

Discover how agentic AI is transforming creative workflows by automating ops and protecting time for storytelling and design

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WeTransfer’s terms of service: The fine print that could end your career

July 30, 2025

WeTransfer’s terms of service: The fine print that could end your career

WeTransfer’s AI data grab is a wake-up call: why ignoring terms of service could cost creative agencies their clients - or careers.

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WBD Innovate on The Lot: A Week of Artist-Driven Innovation

June 25, 2025

WBD Innovate on The Lot: A Week of Artist-Driven Innovation

KoobrikLabs CEO Orlando Wood and COO Caleigh Peters were invited to Warner Bros Innovate on the Lot last week - read the highlights.

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AI on the Lot 2025: What creative AI adoption looks like up close

June 5, 2025

AI on the Lot 2025: What creative AI adoption looks like up close

AI on the Lot insights: how creative industries are adopting AI, building hybrid workflows, and redefining the future of storytelling.

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The IT department just became a creative resource

June 2, 2025

The IT department just became a creative resource

Your IT team is now your creative engine - discover how tech teams are reshaping creative production in media and entertainment.

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Embracing AI at the Speed of Creativity

May 7, 2025

Embracing AI at the Speed of Creativity

How creative teams use AI to boost speed, automate workflows, and stay human-led in a fast-moving creative industry.

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