"The publicly- and privately-funded museum will open in Palermo's 18th-century neoclassical Palazzo Jung palace, sources report. Joining an existing No Mafia Memorial and museum, the new institution will offer archival documents, film, and photos on loan from major Italian museums, as well as immersive experiences featuring scent and sound." - Artnet
To demonstrate how this improves the AI's performance, Anthropic loaded the entire text of The Great Gatsby (72,000 tokens) with one line modified from the original. The AI was tasked with spotting the difference, which it did in just 22 seconds, the company claimed in a press release. - Interesting Engineering
"Public speaking is always ranked in polls as among our greatest fears. Stand-up must be worse. But 'The Naked Comedy Show'? This monthly showcase represents the Everest of anxiety." - The New York Times
“I would just say that we are, without changing … our fundamental position about the ownership of the sculptures, we’re trying to explore a possible win-win proposition that would work for both sides.” - Artnet
"Stories online will no longer include a traditional dateline that tells where a story was reported from. Instead, certain stories will have 'enhanced bylines' that tells readers more about how journalists did the reporting." - Nieman Lab
"Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights … (and) that the state doesn't have any authority over matters of national security." - AP
"California's performing arts sector lost a decade's worth of jobs within a two-year period, with 2021 employment dropping to 2010 levels, according to a new study. More than 59,000 jobs disappeared during the pandemic that ... are unlikely to return if drastic action is not immediately taken." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
"An anonymous donation this year made affordable rates for a quarter of the festival's shows possible, (subsidizing) about 1,300 tickets, valued at about $50,000. The program sets a minimum payment of $5 for tickets to cover fees (and) limits patrons to two tickets per show." - The Post and Courier (Charleston)
It's still too early to assess damage to museums and heritage sites in Emilia-Romagna, where 13 people have died and 10,000 are displaced amid the region's worst floods in a century. In Ravenna, the Classis archaeological museum housed 800 human and 150 canine evacuees. - The Art Newspaper
"Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event's final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award, just nine months after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized." - AP
John McWhorter on musicologist Philp Ewell's new book: "The assumption, then, is that the “whiteness” or “maleness” of any given proposition must automatically be a mere power play rather than a reasoned aesthetic or logical conclusion." - The New York Times
Before C-11, online broadcasters were under no obligation to stream any Canadian content. In essence, Bill C-11 looks to put streaming and other Internet platforms on the same footing, with the same kind of obligations towards Canadian content, and under the same governing umbrella: the CRTC. - Ludwig Van
This all feels like ENO letting off some steam. For an hour on a Tuesday afternoon in May, a group of musicians, blissfully under-rehearsed and with a few wobbles here and there, perform without a care in the world. You have to grasp moments of joy when you can at the moment. - Van
Sources close to him report that Gergiev—who, before the war, would drop by the theater three or four times a month—now spends most of his time in St. Petersburg. - Van
According to the survey, consumers remain uncertain about how they feel about the use of AI in the entertainment industry, but they’re also open to its potential. - The Wrap
