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Blogging Platform Medium Is Flooded With AI Postings

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine and other executives at the company have described the platform as “a home for human writing.” But there is evidence that robot bloggers are increasingly flocking to the platform, too. - Wired

New UK Culture Budget: Film Wins, Music Loses

While the film and TV sector welcomed an increase in the tax incentive for VFX spend, grassroots music venues have been hit by a huge reduction in the amount of tax relief they enjoy, potentially putting a number at risk. - Variety

When The Frick Will Reopen

The renovation — designed by Selldorf Architects with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners as executive architect — has reinstalled masterworks in new and restored spaces on the first floor and a new suite of galleries on the mansion’s previously private second floor, which will open to the public for the first time. - The New York Times

Staging A Musical In A Working Swimming Pool Onstage

No, this isn't a site-specific production at an outdoor pool or the Y. Flint Rep in Michigan actually installed onstage a working swimming pool — complete with filters, temperature control, pool noodles, squirt guns, and rubber duckies — for its staging of Godspell. - Playbill

NYC Mayor Announces Possible Expansion Of Whitney Museum

The development would include up to 300 affordable housing units, a public open space, and 45,000 square feet set aside for a possible Whitney and High Line office expansion, according to the mayor’s office. - Hyperallergic

What Is It About A Work of Art That Gives A Person Genuine Chills? And Why Does That Seem To Happen So Rarely With...

A two-part essay by Ben Davis in which he considers (Part One) what exactly it is about a work that can give someone the physical response he calls "aesthetic chills" and (Part Two) why visual art doesn't seem to induce those chills as often as other art forms do. - Artnet

Sotheby’s Gets An Injection Of $1 Billion From Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund

While the exact terms of the deal—or the company’s new valuation—were not disclosed, a Sotheby’s spokesperson said that $800 million of the cash injection has been earmarked for paying down the auction house’s $1.65 billion long-term debt. - ARTnews

A Look At The New Version Of The Chicago Manual Of Style

The 18th edition of the now-118-year-old guide has expanded sections on copyright, inclusive language (yes, it endorses the singular "they"), and how to credit non-text-based media and material generated by artificial intelligence. - Los Angeles Review of Books

Online Recommendations Are Deeply Broken (Compromised). We Can Fix That

Today’s automated social-media feeds deliver increasingly indistinguishable content now sometimes generated by artificial intelligence; in the face of this onslaught, we crave content with evidence that a real person actually stands behind the products or works being touted. - The New Yorker

Archaeology Student Finds Lost Ancient Mayan City By Accident

The team discovered three sites in total, in a survey area the size of Scotland's capital Edinburgh, “by accident” when one archaeologist browsed data on the internet. - BBC

Our Cultural Record Stored Digitally Is At Risk

When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal—whether by design or by attack—our collective memory is compromised, and the public’s ability to access its own history is at risk. - Internet Archive

Maurizio Pollini’s Final Recording, With His Son By His Side

"Dedicated to Schubert, it marks a welcome return to a composer whose music Pollini had not taped since the 1980s. But what makes the program so remarkably poignant is that Pollini is joined by his son. … Daniele Pollini discussed the new Schubert album in an interview." - The New York Times

What You Can Tell From An Imagined Audience

As researchers have noted, the less an actual audience is visible or known, the more communicators depend on their imaginations. Because journalists can never know precisely who consumes their work and why they do so, they instead form mental constructions of audiences. That has material consequences. - NiemanLab

There’s No Way To Reach The Top Of Hollywood’s Corporate Ladders Because The Boomers Already There Won’t Leave

"Unlike their bosses, some of whom ascended to the heights of authority in their 30s …, young professionals today … see no clear path to the top. Not one that isn’t blocked by an all-powerful boomer who’s been perched in a corner office since the Bush administration. The first one." - The Hollywood Reporter

Some True-Crime Podcasters Are Trying Something Different: Focusing On The Victims

"In a saturated and unregulated landscape, some creators — with little to no training on how to cover crime — try to humanize the people who have suffered. I spoke to four creators for this story, all women. … They prioritize empathy for victims and their loved ones." - Nieman Lab

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