The AI Coconut Wireless – November 19, 2025

Here’s what every Islander needs to know about AI today!

1. Independent music media vs streaming & AI: inside Stereogum’s survival playbook (The Verge)
2. Finance Ministry encourages smarter AI use—policy tailwinds for local innovation (FBC News)
3. In-depth: Fiji’s new Education Bill—what parents and teachers should know (The Fiji Times)
4. Waymo backlash after the death of a beloved SF cat puts AV safety in the spotlight (TechCrunch)
5. “Can you talk to the dead using AI?” We tried the ‘deathbots’ so you don’t have to (RNZ)

*An AI tool was used to enhance and streamline the editing process for this publication.