Maya Lorigiola

Maya Lorigiola Introduction Recently, when I logged onto Gemini for the usual everyday productivity tasks, I noticed a new “Create Music” feature. After some research I understood it was a brand-new feature added in Feb 2026. Powered by DeepMind's Lyria 3 music-generation model (TechCrunch, 2026; Google, 2026a), users simply have to describe a song in plain language and Gemini returns a 30-second track with vocals, lyrics, and AI-generated cover art. As someone passionate about songwriting...

Maya Lorigiola Every summer, over half a million people descend on Tokyo Big Sight for Comiket, the world's largest self-published comic market, which technically infringes copyright (Muthusi, 2025). In most Western countries, these creators would face cease-and-desist letters. In Japan, this copyright grey area is what makes its animation industry so vibrant: what seems like a legal loophole is actually the “strategic ignorance” that helps sustain the country's $25 billion anime industry...