“This is what happens when the big fish eat all the little fish: grim times for employees, writers and, ultimately, readers. Should those of us who care about Australian books and literature be alarmed by these latest acquisitions” - Crikey
“How did a painting that was once coveted by museum directors and collectors alike simply disappear? And how can a work of art suddenly be deemed inauthentic, after more than a century of authenticity?” - Hyperallergic
Emma Portner isn’t thrilled that people are still finding her choreography from a 2012 Facebook video. "The whole reason I got into performing is because it is this fleeting thing that disappears,” she says. “She feels mortified at having her youthful creative efforts permanently online.” - The Guardian (UK)
The bill "would have established requirements for developers of advanced AI models to create protocols aimed at preventing catastrophes” - and would have required tech firms to have a kill switch. - Los Angeles Times
Or his, of course. For instance, "Picasso’s palette from 1961 recently fetched £56,250 at auction despite being made of cardboard.” - The Guardian (UK)
“If it’s just one idea, it will probably die in the impulse phase. If the idea opens avenues and you see many more roads, that’s worth pursuing. It doesn’t leave you alone.” - Fast Company
“'The air has come out of the content bubble,’ says Matthew Belloni, the founder of Puck News, which covers the entertainment industry. ‘Crisis is a good word. I try not to be alarmist, but crisis is what people are feeling.’” - BBC
D&D is "a folk practice for generating stories that are both visionary and ephemeral,” a practice which can help create, or sustain, novelists. - LitHub
Michael Crichton was so powerful that he won a “frozen rights” contract, one that even follows him after death - and may tank a proposed, but unauthorized by his estate, ER spinoff. - Fast Company
“Steeped in a neo-Romantic sensibility that owed as much to John Keats as to the Beat Generation and Bob Dylan, Mr. Kristofferson’s work explored themes of freedom and commitment, alienation and desire, darkness and light.” And then he found a second career in Hollywood. - The New York Times
Why? Money. “Just to be straight up, a lot of the companies wanted to figure out ways to invest less in programming. Narrative podcasts are very expensive to make.” Chat podcasts? Not so much. - Wired
