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Orange County Museum Of Art’s New Building: Bettter, But…

It’s easy to dump on the contractors. But the contractors didn’t design this overwrought building, nor did they commission it. That falls to the Culver City-based Morphosis, led by Thom Mayne, and the museum’s board. - Los Angeles Times

Can You Copyright AI-Generated Work? Right Now It’s Complicated

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the guidance is an author’s “duty to disclose the inclusion of AI-generated content in a work submitted for registration.” - ArsTechnica

AI Is Less A Search Engine Than It Is A Librarian

The problem is that even when these systems are wrong only 10% of the time, you don’t know which 10%. People also don’t have the ability to quickly validate the systems’ responses. - Gizmodo

It Looks Like Netflix’s Ad-Supported Subscriptions Are Getting Traction

The figures suggest that Netflix is finding its footing with the new revenue stream, after having been overwhelmingly reliant on subscriber revenue for most of its history. - The Verge

When The Pandemic Hit, Pico Iyer’s Income Dropped To Zero

His mother was dying, and, like everyone, he couldn't travel. But, he says, "given so much external suffering, as the Dalai Lama pointed out, it didn’t seem helpful to compound that by creating even more suffering, internally, through anxiety or rage." - Los Angeles Review Of Books

AI Generators Just Figured out Hands

This is a huge issue for verifying images, as hand issues had been one of the ways to tell an AI-generated photo from a human-created image. "Many viewers have already proven themselves unable to discern AI-generated artwork from the real deal." - Hyperallergic

In Southwest England, The Police Don’t Want Any Stinkin’ Jazz Festivals

Or at least not the We Out Here fest, founded by the BBC's Giles Peterson, expecting about 25,000 people during the event. The Dorset police said the music event "will likely undermine the licensing objective to Prevent Crime and Disorder and ensure Public Safety." - BBC

Is The Internet Archive A Library, Or Is It A Publishing Scam?

Librarians argue that a lawsuit filed by four major publishers, should it succeed, "would jeopardize the future development of digital libraries nationwide. The Internet Archive is the most significant specialized library to emerge in decades." - Inside Higher Ed

When Good Stage Design Reinforces A Character’s Internal Journey

"In devising an onstage gateway to Ally’s imagination, 'We were like, what if the portal is actually her notebook?' said Sammy Lopez, co-director. 'And what if we gave the audience the opportunity to jump into the notebook with Ally?'" - The New York Times

Still Life Paintings Are Boring, And Often Bad

Honestly, Cézanne, who cares now, and who ever cared? "Portraitists and landscape artists have almost always been held in much higher esteem. ... Humans, nature: teeming with verve, vigour and vitality. But a vase? A candlestick? A jug? Cutlery, I ask you!" - The Guardian (UK)

Suzan-Lori Parks Is Making A Musical

And it's not just any musical - it's an attempt to adapt the 1972 movie The Harder They Come, the movie that introduced a worldwide audience to reggae via star and musician Jimmy Cliff. - Slate

When Acting Is A Lifeline To Freedom

"The Actors’ Gang Prison Project is a rehabilitation program that offers theater programming to 14 California state prisons, a reentry facility and an L.A. County probation camp" - and it's celebrating 40 years since its inaugural production. - Los Angeles Times

Two Halves Of A Long-Divided Flemish Portrait Are Reunited In Denmark

After some art historical detective work, "the two artworks, which were once one, now hang side-by-side ... only a sliver of wall dividing the woman from her husband and son." - Yahoo News (AFP)

AI Is Actually Going To Increase The Value Of Human-Made Art

"We have changed our collective tastes in response to technological progress in the past. We’ll now do it again, without even noticing that it’s happening. And if history is any indication, our tastes will evolve in a way that rigs the game in favor of human artists." - Wired

Kate Bush And Big Mama Thornton Still Aren’t In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

How is this possible? "Today, just 8.48% of the inductees are women." - The Guardian (UK)

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