"Google’s Duet is surely in a different league, both in terms of its reading comprehension and the quality of the text that the generative AI spits out. But the basic spirit of Clippy — identifying what you’re trying to do and offering to help — remains." - The Verge
Sarah Sze, who is about to take over a huge unused railway station waiting room in London, is thinking abotu AI. "We’ve created a system that can destroy us. We know that, right? And that’s new. We’ve never had that before." - The Observer (UK)
One of the writers at the event "Strike Up a Romance" said, "This would be the perfect time to write a romcom, though, of, like, love on the picket line." - NPR
Lindsay Dougherty: "If we all want to get what's ours, we are going to have to fight for it tooth and nail. ... If you throw up a picket line, those f— trucks will stop, I promise you." The trucks have definitely stopped. - Los Angeles Times
"In one of the more extreme attempts to attract a younger audience post-Covid, the newly renovated museum in Amsterdam is launching a 'poor man’s Rembrandt project.'" - The Guardian (UK)
"The writers strike on May 2 has created hardships for many in the industry, including IATSE members who have lost scheduled jobs as productions shuttered. Fundamentally, however, IATSE members are facing the same challenges of maintaining historic income levels amid historic shifts." - Variety
There's "a new generation of miniature makers, following in the footsteps of artists like Laurie Simmons, bringing the genre out from the home, into the gallery — with designs more modern and cheeky than the antiquarian selections" of the old miniature world. - The New York Times
Shakespeare was Shakespeare. The rest is idiocy. "While to most of us, a poem explicitly mentioning Shakespeare and crediting him with writing 'The Rape of Lucrece' would bolster the case for Shakespeare’s authorship, to truthers the poem is suspect." - Slate
The conductor, coming to New York in 2026, has many recordings. The NYT says, "he comes off as a very capable musician, but one who, as of yet, has not acquired the flair for details and the brilliance of imagination that marks a conductor as extraordinary." - The New York Times
The singer, "who previously triumphed in 2012 with Euphoria, narrowly beat Finland’s Kaarija after the public and jury votes were combined." She's the first woman, and the second person, to win twice. - Irish Times
That is, the Eurovision Book Contest. "In March, the literary festival asked the public to submit their favourite fiction from any of the 37 countries that take part in the music competition each year." - The Guardian (UK)
This isn't great for theatre: "The Tonys have long been a prestigious event for CBS, but the show itself is more important to Broadway producers, who rely on the exposure on the national network to market their productions." And they're struggling, post-COVID-19. - Los Angeles Times
