AI music platform Suno’s policy is that it does not permit the use of copyrighted material. You can upload your own tracks to remix or set your original lyrics to AI-generated music. But, it’s supposed to recognize and stop you from using other people’s songs and lyrics. Now, no system is perfect, but it turns out that Suno’s copyright filters are incredibly easy to fool.
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Los Thuthanaka’s Wak’a is a mellower follow-up to last year’s surprise Pitchfork favorite
Los Thuthanaka basically came out of nowhere last year to capture Pitchfork’s album of the year with their self-titled debut. Because it wasn’t available on streaming, it largely flew under the radar. I honestly kind of forgot about it until Pitchfork gave it the number one spot in its year-end list. In retrospect, I’m not entirely sure how, though. Los Thuthanaka sounds like nothing else. It’s joyous, jagged, and sounds like it’s being blasted out of a broken Bluetooth speaker in your neighbor’s backyard — it’s glorious.
The follow-up EP Wak’a turns down the tempo and smooths some of the sharper edges. It uses the same sound palette of blown-out speakers and sampled traditional Bolivian instruments that’s equal parts pluderphonics and psychedelic rock. But Wak’a is just as indebted to shoegaze. Its chord progressions and melodies are more wistful, the guitars drenched in fuzz and reverb. There are horns and keys that peek through the mix like half-forgotten memories of other songs.
Siblings Chuquimamani-Condori and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton deliver an aural interpretation of the Aymara creation legend of the first sunrise over the course of three songs, lasting just 18 and a half minutes. If you buy Wak’a on Bandcamp, the download includes a PDF created in collaboration with Ch’ama Native Americas that tells the story in the Aymara language.
Fittingly, the EP feels like a world emerging from darkness. The opening track “Quta (capo-kullawada)” starts with a low synth drone and chirping crickets before an Eno-esque guitar melody and loping distorted drum line kick in. “Wara Wara (capo-kullawada)” is beautiful, but also terrifying. The wall of sound is oppressive and startling in the way you might expect the first burning rays of sunlight would be to people who had existed in perpetual night beforehand. It eventually reaches the sort of cathartic apex that many musicians spend their whole careers chasing as horns, keyboards, growling vocals, and asymmetrical guitars all collide in a chaotic inferno.
By comparison, “Ay Kawkinpachasa? (capo-kullawada)” is a soothing comedown, despite its undeniably dense arrangement where individual instruments are increasingly difficult to pick out. There are what sound like accordion, fiddle, and keys all fighting for the same sonic real estate, and stuttering guitars eventually take over just in time for the EP to end.
For those who found the group’s self-titled record a touch too abrasive, this EP offers a more approachable introduction to their unique sound. Los Thuthunaka’s Wak’a is available now on Bandcamp.
With minimal effort and some free software, Suno will spit out AI-generated imitations of popular songs like Beyoncé‘s “Freedom,” Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid,” and Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” that are alarmingly close to the original. Most people will likely be able to tell the difference, but some could be mistaken for alternate takes or B-sides at a casual listen. What’s more, it’s possible someone could monetize these uncanny valley covers by exporting them and uploading them to streaming services. Suno declined to comment for this story.
Making these covers requires using Suno Studio, available on the company’s $24-a-month Premier Plan. Rather than prompting a whole song with text, Suno Studio lets you upload a track to edit or cover. It’s likely to catch and reject a well-known hit with no tweaks. But using a basic free tool like Audacity to slow down a track to half-speed or speed it up to twice normal will often bypass the filter, and adding a burst of white noise to the start and end seems to basically guarantee success. You can restore the original speed and cut the white noise in Suno Studio, and the copyrighted song becomes the seed for new AI music.
If you generate a cover of the imported audio without any style transfers, Suno basically spits out the original instrumental arrangement with very minimal tweaks to the sound palette if you’re using model 4.5 or 4.5+. Model v5 is a bit more aggressive in taking liberties with the source material, adding chugging guitar and galloping piano to “Freedom” and turning the Dead Kennedys’ “California Über Alles” into a fiddle-driven jig.
Suno lets you add vocals by generating lyrics or typing words into a box, and once again, it’s supposed to block anything copyrighted. If you copy and paste the official lyrics for a song from Genius, Suno will flag them and spit out gibberish vocals. But extremely minor changes can bypass this filter as well.
I was able to trick Suno Studio by tweaking the spelling of a handful of words in “Freedom” — changing “rain on this bitter love” to “reign on” and “tell the sweet I’m new” to “tell the suite” — and beyond the first verse and chorus, I didn’t even need to do that. The voice closely mimics the original recording, summoning slightly off-brand renditions of Ozzy or Beyoncé.
Indie artists might not even be afforded that level of protection. One of my own songs cleared the copyright filter while I was testing v5 of the company’s model. I was also able to get tracks by singer-songwriter Matt Wilson, Charles Bissell’s “Car Colors,” and experimental artist Claire Rousay by Suno’s copyright detection system without any changes at all. Artists on smaller labels or self-distributing through Bandcamp or services like DistroKid are most likely to slip through the cracks; DistroKid and CD Baby declined to comment.
The results of these AI covers fall firmly in the uncanny valley. The songs they’re covering are unmistakable: the riff from “Paranoid” remains identifiable and “Freedom” is obviously “Freedom” from the moment the marching snare hits kick in. But there is a lifelessness to them. Even if AI Ozzy is alarmingly accurate-sounding, it lacks nuance and dynamics, leading it to feel like an imitation of a human, rather than the real thing.
The instrumentals similarly discard any interesting artistic choices the originals make, or clone them in flat imitations. A non-jig “California Über Alles” cover has most of its rough edges sanded down so it sounds like a wedding band version of the original. Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” goes from an experiment in doom disco to just vacuous dancefloor filler. And, while it kind of nails David Gilmour’s guitar tone, it does away with any sense of phrasing or progression, turning the solo into just a mindless stream of notes.
Creating unauthorized covers violates both the stated purpose of Suno, and the terms of service. Moreover, Suno only appears to scan tracks on upload; it doesn’t seem to recheck outputs for potential infringement, or rescan tracks before exporting them. The path to monetizing Suno-created covers is simple from there. AI slopmongers could upload them through a distribution service like DistroKid and profit from other people’s songs without paying the typical royalties a cover would give the original composer. And independent artists seem to be the most vulnerable.
Folk artist Murphy Campbell discovered this recently when someone uploaded what seem to be AI covers of songs she posted on YouTube to her Spotify profile. (It’s not clear what system they were generated through.) Shortly afterwards, distributor Vydia filed copyright claims against her YouTube videos and began collecting royalties on them. And to highlight just how broken the whole system is, the songs which Vydia successfully filed copyright claims for are all in the public domain. Spotify eventually removed the AI covers, and Vydia has rescinded its copyright claims, but that only happened following a social media campaign by Campbell. Vydia says the two incidents are separate and it is not associated with the AI covers of Campbell’s work.
AI fakes are a problem for other artists too. Experimental composer William Basinski and indie rock group King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard have had imitations slip through multiple filters and reach streaming platforms like Spotify. Sometimes, these fake songs can siphon up views straight from the artist’s own page. In a system where payouts can already be brutally low — Spotify requires a minimum of 1,000 streams to get paid — less famous musicians are hit hardest.
Suno is only one cog in a clearly broken system.
Services like Deezer, Qobuz, and Spotify have taken measures to combat spammy AI and impersonators. Spotify spokesperson Chris Macowski told The Verge that the company “takes protecting artists’ rights seriously, and approaches it from multiple angles. That includes safeguards to help prevent unauthorized content from being uploaded in the first place, along with systems that can identify duplicate or highly similar tracks. Those systems are backed by human review to make sure we’re getting it right.” But no system is perfect, and keeping up with a flood of AI slop enabled by platforms like Suno poses a challenge.
Macowski acknowledged the technical difficulties involved, saying, “It’s an area we’re continuing to invest in and evolve, especially as new technologies emerge.”
Suno is only one cog in a clearly broken system. But it’s one artists have particularly little recourse to fight. Bands can contact Spotify and have AI fakes removed from their profile. It’s harder to tell how those fakes are generated, and if they’re the result of Suno’s filters failing. And so far, Suno’s response is silence.
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By now, you’ve no doubt seen humanoid robots run, flip and pull off impressive stunts in recent years. That alone is no longer the headline. What stands out here is how controlled and repeatable the movement appears in a non-lab setting.
Engineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, also known as KAIST, built a humanoid that runs, jumps and even moonwalks with smooth control. In a recent field test, the robot sprinted across a soccer field, kicked a ball toward the goal and changed direction without hesitation.
That is the real shift. It is not about pulling off one impressive move. It is about doing it over and over without missing a beat.
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The KAIST humanoid accelerates across a soccer field, showing its balance and high-speed control in motion. (KAIST)
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What makes this humanoid robot feel more human
At about five foot five and 165 pounds, this machine was designed to move fast without losing balance. The team, led by Hae-Won Park, focused on building everything from scratch instead of relying on off-the-shelf parts.
That decision pays off. By designing their own motors, gear systems and controllers, the engineers could fine-tune how power flows through the robot’s body. The result is better torque and faster response when it needs to react in real time.
One standout feature is its Quasi-Direct Drive system. It pairs strong motors with low gear ratios, which helps the robot respond quickly while staying stable. A compact gearbox design also keeps the system lighter and more efficient.
All of that adds up to performance you can see. The robot can run up to about 7.3 miles per hour and climb steps taller than a foot. That is already impressive, and the team is working toward even higher.
Why the robot’s movement looks so natural
Speed alone does not make a robot feel realistic. Movement quality matters just as much. This is where Physical AI comes in. Instead of simply following pre-programmed steps, the robot learns how to move in ways that match real human motion.
Researchers trained it using deep reinforcement learning combined with human movement data. That training happened in simulation first, then carried over to the real world. The payoff is clear. Movements look fluid instead of robotic. Transitions between actions feel smoother. Even complex motions like dancing or kicking a ball appear controlled rather than forced.
Another interesting detail is how the robot navigates. It can move across uneven terrain using internal sensing, also called proprioception, without relying on cameras. That opens the door for use in environments where visibility is poor.
The human robot tracks and kicks a soccer ball with precise foot placement and smooth coordination. (KAIST)
How this humanoid robot could work in real jobs
It is easy to watch a robot moonwalk and think this is just a cool demo. The reality is more practical. The research team is working toward a full humanoid system that can operate in real workplaces. That includes climbing ladders, handling tools and adapting to unpredictable environments. They are also developing a system called DynaFlow. The goal is to let robots learn directly from human demonstrations. In simple terms, a worker could show a task once, and the robot could learn to repeat it. That kind of learning could reshape how automation works across industries.
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What this means to you
You may not be buying a humanoid robot anytime soon, but this shift is closer to your daily life than it sounds. Robots are getting much better at moving in the real world. That means they can start taking on work that used to be too complex for machines. Think of jobs that require balance, quick reactions or constant adjustment.
As a result, industries like construction, manufacturing and logistics could start using humanoid robots more often. These are environments where flexibility matters, and that is exactly what this new generation is built for. At the same time, more everyday tasks are becoming possible to automate. Not just repetitive work, but physical work that once required human coordination and judgment.
All of this points to a bigger change. The line between human work and machine assistance is starting to blur, and that will shape how many jobs look in the years ahead.
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Kurt’s key takeaways
The KAIST humanoid is not just about speed or flashy moves. It reflects a bigger change in how robots are built and trained. By combining custom hardware with smarter AI, researchers are pushing machines closer to human-like capability. That does not mean robots are replacing people tomorrow, but it does mean the pace of change is picking up. When a robot can run, adapt and move naturally, it becomes useful in ways older machines never could.
Mid-stride, the humanoid maintains stability and control as it moves across the field in real-world conditions. (KAIST)
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Your phone lock screen is supposed to be your last line of defense. If your device gets lost or stolen, that PIN or passcode should keep strangers out of your photos, messages and financial apps. But researchers have found a serious flaw that can break through those protections on certain Android phones in less than a minute.
Once exploited, attackers can recover your phone’s PIN, unlock encrypted storage and even extract sensitive data such as cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases. Security researchers estimate that roughly one in four Android phones could be affected, particularly budget phones.
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ANDROID FIXES 129 SECURITY FLAWS IN MAJOR PHONE UPDATE
Google’s March Android security update fixes 129 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw already exploited in targeted attacks. (Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)
All about the Android hacking flaw
A newly disclosed vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20435 in the National Vulnerability Database, affects some Android phones powered by MediaTek, a major smartphone chip maker based in Taiwan that competes with companies like Qualcomm. These phones use a security component called Trustonic’s Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), which is designed to keep sensitive data, such as encryption keys, protected from the rest of the system.
It stores cryptographic keys that help keep your device encrypted and secure, even if someone tries to tamper with it. However, security analyses of the vulnerability indicate that these protections may be bypassed on affected devices.
By connecting a phone to a computer using a USB cable, an attacker with physical access may be able to exploit the flaw during the early boot process, potentially exposing sensitive data before full security protections are enforced. Think of it like accessing the master key before the safe door even closes. Once attackers gain access to these low-level components, they may be able to access encrypted storage without needing your PIN.
In a worst-case scenario, this type of access could allow attackers to extract highly sensitive information, including personal photos, stored passwords, private messages, financial data, and crypto wallet credentials. If seed phrases for crypto wallets are exposed, attackers could drain funds permanently.
What are Android makers doing about this
There’s limited action manufacturers can take on their own since the issue originates at the processor level, which is manufactured by MediaTek. The company says it has released a firmware patch addressing the vulnerability. However, the update must still be distributed by individual phone manufacturers through security updates. Depending on the device and whether it is still supported, that update could arrive quickly or not at all.
The good thing is that this attack requires physical access to the phone and a USB connection to a computer. That means it cannot be done remotely over the internet. However, if your phone is stolen, briefly confiscated, or even taken during a repair, the attacker could potentially extract sensitive information.
If you’re not sure whether this vulnerability affects your mobile device, you can look up your phone on a platform like GSMArena or your vendor’s website to see which SoC it uses, then cross-check it with MediaTek’s March security bulletin under CVE-2026-20435. You can log onto corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/March-2026 to review the list of affected chipsets and confirm whether your device may be at risk.
CyberGuy reached out to MediaTek for comment, but did not hear back before our deadline.
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A new Android banking trojan called Sturnus can take over your screen, steal your banking credentials and even read encrypted chats from apps you trust. (Delmaine Donson/Getty Images)
How to tell if your phone is affected
So how do you know if your phone is actually at risk? Not every Android phone is vulnerable. The issue primarily affects devices that use certain MediaTek processors. Here’s how to check your phone:
1) Find your phone model
Go to Settings > About phone and look for your exact model name.
2) Look up your processor (chip)
Search your phone model on a site like GSMArena or your manufacturer’s website to find the processor (also called the SoC).
3) Check if it uses MediaTek
If your phone uses a MediaTek chip, it may be affected. Devices with Qualcomm Snapdragon or Google Tensor chips are not part of this specific issue.
4) Install the latest security updates immediately
Check your phone’s system update settings and install any available updates from your manufacturer. Go to Settings > Software update and install any available updates. MediaTek has already released a fix, but phone makers must distribute it. Installing updates quickly ensures you receive the firmware patch if your device manufacturer has released it.
7 ways you can protect your phone from getting hacked
If your phone uses one of the affected chips, a few simple precautions can help reduce the chances of someone accessing your data if the device ever falls into the wrong hands.
1) Install strong antivirus protection
A security app cannot fix this processor-level flaw. However, it can still help protect your phone from other threats that often follow stolen or compromised devices. It will not stop this specific exploit, but it can detect malicious apps, spyware, and suspicious activity that attackers may install after gaining access. That extra layer of monitoring can help stop additional data theft if your device ever falls into the wrong hands. Get my picks for the best 2026 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android & iOS devices at Cyberguy.com
2) Avoid keeping sensitive information on your phone
If you store things like cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases, recovery codes, or sensitive documents in notes apps or screenshots, consider moving them to a secure offline location. If someone extracts your phone’s data through this vulnerability, that information could be exposed.
3) Keep physical control of your phone
This exploit requires someone to physically connect your phone to a computer. Do not leave your device unattended in public places, and be cautious when handing it to repair shops or unknown technicians. Physical access dramatically increases the risk.
4) Use strong screen locks and auto-lock settings
While the vulnerability bypasses encryption on affected devices, strong lock settings still protect against many other threats. Use a longer PIN or passcode instead of simple patterns, and enable automatic locking after short periods of inactivity.
5) Protect accounts with two-factor authentication
Even if attackers gain access to data on your phone, two-factor authentication (2FA) can stop them from logging into your online accounts. Enable it for email, banking apps, cloud storage, and social media wherever possible.
6) Use a password manager
A password manager stores your login credentials in a secure, encrypted vault instead of leaving them scattered across apps and notes. If someone compromises your device, the password manager still protects your accounts with strong encryption, forcing attackers to break through another security layer before they can access your logins. Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at Cyberguy.com
7) Enable USB restricted mode (if available)
Some Android devices limit USB data access when locked. Turning on this setting can reduce the risk of unauthorized data extraction through a wired connection, especially in situations where someone briefly gains physical access to your phone. On Samsung phones running the latest software:
Settings may vary slightly depending on your Samsung model and software version.
Go to Settings
Tap Lock screen
Then, tap Secure lock settings
Enter your current PIN, then tap Continue
Enable “Lock network and security” (or a similarly named option) to help block USB data access while your device is locked.
ZeroDayRAT spyware can secretly access messages, camera feeds and banking apps on infected iPhone and Android devices. (Stefan Sauer/picture alliance)
Kurt’s key takeaway
This vulnerability exposes a deeper issue with the Android ecosystem. Even when chipmakers release a fix, millions of phones depend on manufacturers to deliver updates that may never arrive, especially for cheaper devices that lose support quickly. We often assume our lock screen and encryption will protect our data if a phone is lost or stolen. However, incidents like this show that protection is only as strong as the update policies behind it. When devices stop receiving security patches, those protections quietly weaken over time.
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