AI Is Causing Havoc With Recipe Bloggers
The AI had taken elements of similar recipes from multiple creators and Frankensteined them into something barely recognizable. In one memorable case, the Google AI failed to...
North Carolina County Dissolves Library Board Over Decision On Book About A Transgender Boy
Kasey Meehan, director of the Freedom to Read program at free-expression advocacy group PEN America, said Randolph County’s decision to dissolve its library board...
Berlin Film Festival Works To Make Up For Its Inherent Disadvantage — Timing
“It takes place in the dead of winter, ... when the awards season race … is nearly over. Perhaps as a result, the festival...
Virtually No Support In UK For Government’s “Opt-Out” Plan For AI And Artists
Only 3% of people backed the government’s initial preferred tech company-friendly option, which was to require artists and copyright holders to actively opt out...
Critics’ Consensus: This Year’s Best Shows On Broadway
“Liberation” was the only clear-cut consensus choice among the professional critics, as you’ll see below. - New York Theatre
Museum Tracker: This Year’s Most-Favored Artists
A narrow band of stars feature in a lot of shows, followed by a long tail of artists with much more limited visibility. Only...
Collection Of One Of South America’s Leading Museums Has Just Doubled In Size
“One of the world’s most important collections of Latin American art will double in size following the acquisition of over 1,000 new works. Museo...
San Antonio Philharmonic Says It Will Perform This Season’s Remaining Concerts At Its Current...
“The San Antonio Philharmonic is planning regular concerts at the Scottish Rite (Cathedral and Auditorium), despite the cancelation of holiday events and reports the...
With Post-Soviet Elan, Lithuania’s National Ballet Celebrates Its Centennial
“Average seat occupancy is 97 percent, among the highest in Europe. … Now with confidence in its survival skills” — and an adept, energetic...
Donald Trump Sues BBC For $10 Billion
“The US president alleged the broadcaster 'intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively' edited his 6 January speech before the insurrection, in an episode of Panorama just...
“Slop” Is Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word Of The Year
“’It’s such an illustrative word,’ said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster’s president. ... ‘It’s part of a transformative technology, AI, and it’s something that people have...
Louvre Closed As Threatened Strike Begins
“The world's most-visited museum was closed on Monday after workers walked out on strike in protest against working conditions and other complaints, dealing another...
Off-Broadway Parody “Titanique” Gets A Surprise Broadway Transfer
A Céline Dion jukebox musical dressed up as a spoof of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie retold from the pop diva’s point of view, Titanique...
Angelinos Are Flocking To LA Bars… To Listen To Academic Lectures
Attendees hear thought-provoking talks from experts on wide-ranging topics such as Taylor Swift’s use of storytelling in her music, how AI technology is being...
Building Boom: A New Generation Of Opera Houses
The world is now witnessing a renewed investment in large-scale cultural venues that aim to restore music’s physical and communal dimensions. These projects attempt...
How Teachers Are Trying To Get Around AI Chatbots
Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence...
How The Tate Museum Lost Its Way
It’s become genuinely hard to understand what Tate’s priorities are when it chooses artists for the annual Turbine Hall commission. And the Turner prize...
The Best Visual Art Of 2025
In large and small shows under-the-radar artists surfaced and were hot. At the same time, the arrival of a new political order firing off...
Librarians Are Struggling To Keep Up With Bad AI Queries
Around 15 percent of all the reference questions received by her staff are written by generative AI, some of which include imaginary citations and...
Artists Protest San Francisco Airport Museum’s Use Of AI Art
Nettrice Gaskins’ artwork sparked a passionate discussion about AI Thursday when a video of the exhibit posted to the Bay Area subreddit drew hundreds of comments...
AI Can Now Analyze Language Better Than Humans
“It’s only a matter of time before we are able to build models that generalize better from less data in a way that is...
We Don’t Need To Make The Humanities “Relevant”
The humanities, which value rigorous inquiry for its own sake, will always be at odds with a world that thinks this way; that’s why...
Christmas Music Has Become A License To Print Money
Spotify observes “the first big jump” in holiday-song streaming on Sept. 1, she noted. Activity ticks up again the next month; holiday playlist creation...
How Some Regional Theatres Are Surviving
One way is by, let’s say, not being intense with their audiences. “My first covenant is with the audience, and I care about what...
Tom Hanks Literally Wrote His Own Script This Time
“I embarked on this endeavor, partly fueled by a desire to bring to life onstage a sense of lives caught between the certainties of...
