Why Wayne McGregor Refuses To Explain His Choreography
“’It really bores me, this transactional conversation,’ he says, meaning the choreographer explaining their intention; the audience expecting something explicit to be communicated. …...
Recording Companies Adopt Book Publishers’ Tactics To Sue Suno Over Copyright Theft
The complaint suggests that Suno may have ‘stream-ripped’ millions of copyrighted sound recordings to train its model. The timing of the new allegations appears directly connected to Anthropic’s recent USD...
First There Was Clickbait. Now There’s AI Chatbait
Lately, chatbots seem to be using more sophisticated tactics to keep people talking. In some cases, like my request for headache tips, bots end...
How Art Has Historically Depicted Aging
Physical signs of aging — baldness, wrinkles, stooped postures — first figured prominently in Roman portraiture in the 4th century BCE, but old age...
After Eight Centuries, The World’s Oldest Surviving Pipe Organ Is Played Once Again
The organ was brought to Bethlehem sometime after the Crusaders’ conquest in 1099, and it was buried for safekeeping shortly before Saladin’s army reconquered...
Can AI Help With Promoting Literacy? (Or Hurt…)
Across the US, parents, educators, and community groups are trying AI-powered tutors that listen as children read, correct mistakes in real time and adapt...
Citizen Historians Are Documenting The Smithsonian Before It Changes
"We came up with this idea to call for volunteers to go out and, in a systematic way, go exhibit by exhibit, room by...
Big Shift: Human Evolution Through Culture Rather Than Genes
Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes,...
Why Authoritarians Really Hate Satirists
“Satirists pose a danger to the likes of Putin and Donald Trump because they expose that their claims to greatness are illusions and validate...
Bad Architecture Has Made Downtown Brooklyn “The Olive Garden of New York Real Estate”
Justin Davidson: “Two decades ago, Downtown Brooklyn was well connected but underpopulated. ... It’s hard to believe how thoroughly and quickly the skyline has...
Preserving Digital Artworks From Deterioration And Obsolescence
“What if … you knew this object was doomed to stutter, glitch, or rot, turning from new to old in a matter of years?...
The Hilary Mantel Prize For Fiction, A New Award For First-Time Authors
“A panel of five judges … will assess 15,000 words of a novel in progress, and both winner and runner-up will receive not only money, but...
ABC’s Decision To Put Jimmy Kimmel Back On Air Totally Wasn’t Due To Public...
“Two Disney insiders insist the company's decision, announced Monday afternoon, to bring Kimmel back wasn't influenced by growing Disney+ boycotts, the FCC, affiliates or the open...
Seattle’s PBS Station Announces Major Cuts
“Cascade PBS will cease production of its local long-form journalism, leadership announced on Monday. The move, attributed to a $3.5 million annual loss in...
Actors Theatre Of Louisville Names New Artistic And Managing Directors
Artistic Director Amelia Acosta Powell served as Associate Artistic Director of he Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and has held leadership roles at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Arena Stage...
Trump’s Chilling Effect On Hollywood
Trump’s pressure campaign has had its intended effect: Hollywood is paralyzed creatively. In meetings, studio executives say they don’t want projects that are political...
Will The Magicians Of LA’s Iconic Magic Castle Let Their Landlord Take Over?
For decades, visitors have been drawn by the idea of dressing to the nines and roaming room to room, sipping cocktails as conjurers and...
The Latest Micro-Genre: Books With AI
The major imprints have been churning out a robust collection of books (more than 20 this year, by my count) that explain, extol, deride,...
College Is Not Just About Acquiring Information
Higher education is not merely the transfer of knowledge. We live in an age of informational opulence; we are awash in readily available data...
A Fake Review Plague Is Threatening Businesses
Fraudsters are extorting businesses for hundreds of dollars each by threatening to post fake negative reviews on Google Maps — or posting fake negative...
Internet Archive Settles Suit With Recording Companies Over ’78 Recordings Archive
For IA—which strove to digitize 3 million recordings to help historians document recording history—the lawsuit from music publishers could have meant financial ruin. Initially, record...
The Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Is a Crisis For Free Speech
The right-wing cancellation campaign that has come to encompass all individuals and institutions that have expressed anything less than cloying adulation of Kirk is ongoing, with...
Broadway Musicals Are In Trouble
None of the 18 commercial musicals that opened on Broadway last season have made a profit yet. Some still could, but several have been...
YouTube Is Going All In On AI
Its anniversary product announcements this week touted AI features that will let creators use AI to enhance or produce videos. After all, Google Deepmind’s Veo 3 technology was YouTube’s for...
The Film Industry Is Acknowledging That Older People Exist
Which, given the size of the Boomer generation, is great. But there are still some issues - mostly issues of stereotyping and sentimentality. Consider...
