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Monitor showing SERVICE DISCONTINUED with OverDrive library card and Sora app on desk — OpenAI Sora shutdown
Production Technology

OpenAI Shuts Down Sora App, Resolving Trademark Dispute with OverDrive

OpenAI has shut down its Sora video-generation app just six months after launch, following the cancellation of a reported billion-dollar Disney deal and a strategic pivot toward enterprise productivity tools ahead of a potential IPO. The closure effectively resolves a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by OverDrive, which owns the widely-used Sora student digital borrowing platform used by more than 70,000 schools and libraries across 80 countries. Litigation between the two companies is currently paused for in-person mediation, with the dispute expected to conclude following OpenAI's exit from the Sora brand.

TechCrunch
OpenAISoraOverDrive
Google search results page with ranking volatility chart and Information Gain score overlay showing AI content being penalised
Production Technology

Google March 2026 Core Update Targets AI Content with New 'Information Gain' Metric

Google launched its March 2026 Core Update on March 27, with a projected rollout completing by April 10. The update has already affected over 55% of monitored websites and introduces a 'Gemini 4.0 Semantic Filter' that enforces a new 'Information Gain' metric — penalising pages that add nothing beyond what the top 100 results already cover and rewarding content backed by first-hand testing, original data, proprietary research, and verified authorship. The update is the third major algorithm change in four days and represents Google's most direct assault yet on AI-generated derivative content.

365i Web Design
GoogleSEOAlgorithm Update
Home studio creator workspace with Pinterest dashboard auto-generating boards from blog posts — Raptive Duet AI tool
Production Technology

Raptive Launches 'Duet' AI Workflow Tool to Help Human Creators Compete at AI Scale

Raptive, the top-10 global digital media company managing monetisation for over 6,500 independent creators reaching 223 million monthly visitors, has launched Raptive Duet — an AI-assisted workflow tool that helps human creators repurpose existing content into roundups and social assets. Key features include a Roundup Builder (analyses creator archives to generate structured drafts for seasonal or trending collections) and a Pin Builder (transforms post URLs into Pinterest-ready designs). Chief Strategy Officer Paul Bannister said the tool is focused on making 'human-made content easier to find, recognize, and value across the open web.' The launch follows Raptive surpassing $4 billion in total payouts to publisher partners.

PR Newswire
RaptiveDuetAI Tools
Curved enterprise demo room with multilingual waveforms in Arabic, Japanese, Hindi, Spanish — ElevenLabs IBM watsonx partnership
Production Technology

ElevenLabs and IBM Partner to Bring Enterprise AI Voice to watsonx Orchestrate — 10,000 Voices, 70 Languages

IBM and ElevenLabs have announced the integration of ElevenLabs' text-to-speech and speech-to-text technologies into IBM watsonx Orchestrate, providing enterprise clients with access to over 10,000 AI voices across 70 languages and multiple regional accents. The integration includes PCI compliance for payment processing, Zero Retention Mode for HIPAA-compliant data handling, and data residency options. ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski said 'voice is where AI either earns trust or loses it.' Target sectors include government, banking, insurance, and healthcare. The deal follows ElevenLabs' February 2026 partnership with Boston Consulting Group and enterprise deals with Square and MasterClass.

IBM Newsroom
ElevenLabsIBMAI Voice
Computer screen showing XML metadata with Devanagari and Latin transliteration beside international bookshelves
Production Technology

EDItEUR Releases ONIX 3.1.3 — Four Targeted Changes for a More International Metadata Standard

EDItEUR, the international organisation that maintains the ONIX book metadata standard, has released ONIX 3.1.3, a targeted update introducing four changes: a new structured TextSource element for clearer attribution of reviews and descriptive content; added contextual detail about people or entities featured in a book; adjustments to publisher and imprint name ordering to improve multilingual sorting; and support for transliteration across different writing systems, including a new textscript attribute enabling the same text to be represented in both native script and romanised form. EDItEUR recommends all ONIX 3.1 users migrate to version 3.1.3.

EDItEUR / Publishing Perspectives
EDItEURONIXMetadata
Scientific manuscripts being processed through a digital AI workflow pipeline in academic publishing
Production Technology

Springer Nature Deploys Nearly 60 AI Tools Across Publishing Process, Benefiting 1.5 Million Papers

Springer Nature announced that in 2025, over 1.5 million papers benefited from nearly 60 AI tools deployed across its publishing process, covering screening, editorial evaluation, author retention, and research integrity. The company plans to increase its AI tool deployment by 25% in 2026, bringing the total to approximately 75 tools across the editorial pipeline.

Springer Nature
Springer NatureAI ToolsAcademic Publishing