KORDUROYFriday, September 11, 2026 · Run 2 · 4:08 PM ET
AI Music Gets Licensed, Nvidia Bets on 70% Growth, and a Digital Human Learns to Listen
4 stories from 2 sources
TL;DR
- Suno relaunched on music licensed from Warner, BMG, and Believe, and Universal Music Group separately signed ElevenLabs for a fan-remix platform — the two biggest AI-audio bets both leaned toward paying labels rather than fighting them.
- Nvidia's Jensen Huang told a Goldman Sachs conference the company expects roughly 70% revenue growth next year, saying it's "tracking every gigawatt" of power and land the major labs will need.
- Tavus launched Phoenix 4.5, a hyper-realistic AI human model with lifelike nonverbal cues that generates video in 134ms — plus a tip for turning ChatGPT Work into a recurring Monday-morning brief.
AI Tips1
Automate a recurring Monday work brief in ChatGPT Work
- Open ChatGPT and toggle on Work.
- Go to Plugins and connect the sources you want reviewed, such as Gmail or Slack.
- Start a new Work chat and tell ChatGPT exactly what should appear in your Monday brief using the sample prompt below.
- Review the proposed instructions and schedule, confirm the task, then turn on notifications under Settings > Notifications so the brief reaches you automatically each Monday.
Every Monday at [add time], create my weekly work brief. Review relevant activity from the previous week in [Gmail/Slack/Teams]. Summarize important decisions, unfinished tasks, requests that need a response, blockers, and anything I should follow up on. Organize the brief into: Top Priorities, Follow-Ups, Decisions, Blockers, and Recommended Next Actions. Schedule the task for every Monday at [your preferred time].
Source: Superhuman AI
AI News3
AI music gets licensed as Suno retrains and Universal signs ElevenLabs
Suno launched v6, built entirely on licensed music from Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe, and is retiring every previous model (v6-mini stays free). A day later, Universal Music Group signed a multi-year deal with the $11B voice-AI company ElevenLabs to build a platform where fans can remix and reinterpret songs from artists who opt in — ElevenLabs' first major-label deal. Universal and Sony are still suing Suno over how its earlier models were trained.
Why it mattersA concrete precedent for any client using AI-generated media commercially: the direction of travel is licensed training data, not fair-use arguments — worth checking what your own AI tools were trained on before scaling usage.
Source: The AI Field
Tavus launches Phoenix 4.5, its most realistic AI human model yet
The model renders lifelike AI humans using nonverbal cues — micro-movements and subtle expression shifts — to signal active listening, and claims to be the fastest human-rendering model available at 134ms.
Why it mattersWorth a look if any client project involves AI-driven customer-facing avatars or video agents — latency and "presence" are becoming real differentiators, not just a demo gimmick.
Source: The AI Field
Nvidia expects about 70% revenue growth next year
CEO Jensen Huang told a Goldman Sachs conference that Nvidia powers "every model" at the major labs and is "tracking every single gigawatt of land, power, shell around the world."
Why it mattersA useful data point on how much runway the major labs still expect — useful context if a client asks whether AI infrastructure spending is peaking.
Source: The AI Field
Summarized from The AI Field, Superhuman AI (Sep 11)
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