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Tech Tuesday: New system could identify AI-generated songs

Waveforms of audio files from various instruments are displayed on a computer screen during the creation of an AI musical piece at SUNO, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass.
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Waveforms of audio files from various instruments are displayed on a computer screen during the creation of an AI musical piece at SUNO, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass.

Just as some songs have parental advisory stickers, some songs are calling for a new system to tag AI-generated songs.

How will songs be tagged correctly? And how can the process be uniformly implemented?

You could say that staying cool this summer has been a hot topic. Air conditioning has the potential to save lives, but it also accounts for nearly 10% of global energy usage.

We’ll learn how passive cooling techniques can be used to reduce heat in buildings without using energy.

The Federal Communications Commission, just issued a new ruling against "advanced robotic devices.” This includes most robot vacuums. The ruling might affect the popular company, iRobot that makes the Roomba.

We’ll also hear about new open design headphones, Spotify’s running mode and some new emojis.

It's all coming up on this week's Tech Tuesday.

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