We "blame everything wrong with education on generative AI rather than acknowledge deep and justifiable concerns we have had for a while. Course Hero, Chegg and other providers had industrialized academic dishonesty before ChatGPT was launched." - InsideHigherEd
Arts schools, almost by definition, assume the centrality of the art itself. They reinforce the idea that the work is intrinsically valuable and that the public simply needs help recognizing that value. This is one of the most persistent and damaging assumptions in our field. - ArtsAnalytics
Some hints, but nothing is certain: “AI ‘singers' often sound a little slurred. Consonants and plosives (hard sounds like ‘p' and ’t') aren't quite right. You might hear ‘ghost’ harmonies, where backing vocals appear and disappear at random.” - BBC
“As unbelievable as this situation might sound, it seems to be possible because the podcast isn't made of entirely new, original material. The performances by the ... actors appear to be from a 2010 audiobook recording of the New Testament.” - CBC
It's simply a trademark dispute: “‘OpenAI is now using Cameo’s own mark, CAMEO, to compete directly with Cameo,’ Baron wrote in its lawsuit.” - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
One organizer: “When arts institutions are paralyzed by the real fear of suppression and retribution for ideas that seem critical to the kind of freedom that democracy promises, they're not able to support artists in the way that artists usually expect arts institutions to provide support.” - NPR
Google says that no, they’re actually not training their AI on your email. (And if they were, would opting out of “smart features” actually stop the company? Hm.) - The Verge
One of the organizers: “It’s a way to get folks to know or get used to what might look like. … What their rights are as bystanders, as citizens, as noncitizens, as folks who are documented, undocumented.” - Wired
“It’s hard not to see the platform as a place where users are encouraged to double down on familiar archetypes instead of making something truly original, or even remotely interesting. … So where is the good stuff?” - The Verge (Archive Today)
The NYT and the Senator’s letter writer are going to be embarrassed. We have a balanced budget, we’ve raised a whopping $117 MILLION under @realDonaldTrump - and FIFA has paid millions plus covered all expenses (the NYT made a gigantic mistake by assuming FIFA was a rental not a major Sponsor)." - The Daily Beast
"We all know the trope of the starving artist," said researcher Gwendolyn Rugg, "But there's actually surprisingly little reliable data out there to back this up." Rugg helped gather and analyze the data from a new survey by the University of Chicago’s NORC and the Mellon Foundation. - NPR
“Senate Democrats are investigating the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over its spending practices and booking deals involving political allies, accusing its leadership, installed by President Donald Trump, of ‘self-dealing, favoritism, and waste’ amid programming shifts and plummeting ticket sales.’” - The Washington Post (MSN)
“The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, which runs the popular Mütter Museum, announced plans on Monday to expand its footprint at 22nd and Chestnut Streets with a new, accessible entrance, larger galleries, educational and event spaces, an upgraded gift shop, and a renovated core gallery for the museum.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Many universities, not all, but many, were for a period of time deeply focused on identity diversity, and really not so focused on viewpoint diversity or belief diversity. I think there’s a danger of a pendulum swinging too far in the other direction. - The New York Times
The departments of English, classics, philosophy, world languages and Spanish and Latino studies, for example, will be grouped into the tentatively titled School of Human Narratives and Creative Expressions. - The New York Times
