The Design of The 10 New EU Banknotes, John Oliver takes on Buc-ee's, and a sad AI Copyright Loss

The EU is redesigning their banknotes for the first time since 2002, and it's down to 10 options! Now we get to vote on the designs we like (even the Americans). I cut through a high level look at the 10 sets of designs and let you know my thoughts. Then John Oliver is rolling up his sleeves and taking on Buc-ee's! Must be nice to have "forget you" money. lol. But I'm glad he's doing it. Buc-ee's is notorious for bullying other companies out of animal mascots. HBO is notorious for winning court cases. In some more depressing news, a German court ruled that an AI generated comic version of a photographer's underwater dog photo does not infringe her copyright. Reddit is threatening to not renew its exclusive deal with Google (and other publications like USA Today, Politico and Business Insider are also mad as they see their traffic fall off a cliff), Substack is leaning on Pangram to detect AI text detector (which I don't trust), and Adam Mosseri says Instagram is banning pickup artist and prank content shot on Meta smart glasses.Some happy news: The Design Boss Summit is coming up and it's entirely free! August 25-26. The first issue of my newsletter Design Cache is live! We highlight 3 After Effects plugins worth checking out and La Mericana is the Font of the Week.📰 Subscribe to Design Cache: https://ryanselvy.beehiiv.com🔗 This week's links: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/july-29-2026-73421923 👑 Font of the Week Winners: https://ryanselvy.raindrop.page/font-of-the-week-winners-59521268⭐️ Follow Ryan onYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanSelvyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/RyanSelvy Website: https://www.RyanSelvy.com📌 All editorial and feature decisions are made by Ryan Selvy and do not reflect official opinions or endorsements by Adobe. File New is produced with the support of Adobe, where Ryan streams live every Wednesday as a paid freelance host. Any content requested to be mentioned by Adobe will be disclosed within the episode. None was mentioned in this episode.