The Backlash Against Generated AI Is Gaining Steam
Why? "Unlike the dawn of the internet where democratized access to information empowered everyday people in unique, surprising ways, the generative AI era has...
The Crew Of Rust Settle Their Civil Lawsuit With The Movie’s Producers
The three crew members "accused the film’s producers of negligence and failing to follow industry safety rules, allegations that the producers denied.” - The...
AI Slop Is Increasing To Such An Extent That The Open Web May Die
And be replaced with … people and print? "Indie local news publishers I know, already frustrated by the junkiness of digital distribution, are increasingly...
Making the Creative Turn: Is Using AI Cheating?
Throughout the digital age, Big Tech has promised us products that will make us more efficient and save time, which, it is assumed, is always an obvious good. It’s a cliché that tools shape the things we make. And through most of our history, better tools have helped us create better things. But what if this isn’t always true?
Don’t Try To Make Henry Golding The Next James Bond
“That’s every actor’s kind of nightmare. … Why can’t they bring out more agents or more OO’s? I think that would be so much...
No, See, Apple Can Make a Hit Movie
All you need are fast cars and Brad Pitt: “The well-reviewed sports movie led the weekend box office derby in North America, giving Apple a much-needed...
The Long Fight To Replace Racist Monuments In The United States
“After nearly half a decade, Vinnie Bagwell, a self-taught sculptor-artist, is still waiting for the million dollars that the New York City department of...
The Woman Helming The Color Purple In Chicago
"It’s organized chaos at rehearsal for The Color Purple on a recent afternoon at the Goodman Theatre downtown,” but “director Lili-Anne Brown looks on with expert calm.”...
The Bookbinding Family Of Paris
“The women who run the Atelier Devauchelle in Paris sew and create new bindings. They restore old bindings and torn pages. They create slipcovers...
The Artist Who Got Catfished By A Fake Lady Gaga
“Needless to say, this was not a situation Webster expected to encounter as an up and coming artist.” - The New York Times
How A Music Librarian Convinced Sondheim To Leave His Smoke-Singed Papers To The Nation
A personalized tour of the Library of Congress “included original manuscripts from composers Béla Bartók, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky and Johannes Brahms. … But...
Authors Ask Big Five Publishers To Promise Never To Use AI
The letter “asks them to refrain from publishing books written using AI tools built on copyrighted content without authors' consent or compensation, to refrain...
Does Our Continual Phone Use Prevent Us From Fully Living?
With each recording, “we’re atrophying our memory a little and trusting that it will work autonomously. But it’s like an engine: if we give...
States Spend Millions To Attract Hollywood
For instance, take New York: “Amid growing competition from nearby states like New Jersey, New York has spent more than $5.5 billion since 2017 to woo...
There’s No One In Charge At The US Copyright Office
Thanks to Elon Musk and DOGE, of course - and no one knows when that might improve. - Wired
The Tiny Chef Got Cancelled, And Then The Creators Responded On YouTube
One person who watched the heartbroken response video: “This is why animation is so important too. AI slop won’t make you feel emotions like...
Spielberg Says He’ll Never Retire
What’s up with movie directors? Well: “Making a film is a battle. ... The process is such a slog that, when a film-maker dies,...
New Yorkers Explain Why They Went To See The New York Phil In Queens
A Dudamel test, and also, well, New York has awesome music in the parks in the summer, basically. - The New York Times
Portland, In A Budget Crunch, Manages To Find Some Money For Hard-Hit Arts Groups
“Arts and cultural organizations in Portland face a double whammy: in addition to cuts in the city’s budget, the proposed elimination of the NEA,...
Diana Oh, Passionate Advocate For Queer Theatre, Has Died At 38
Oh was "a glitter-dusted experimental artist-activist whose theater works intertwined political provocation with profound compassion in rituals of communion with audiences,” beloved by theatre...
Can This Small Museum In England Raise Enough Money To Buy Turner’s First Known...
Maybe! “Although the £100,000 target has been reached, the has said extra money will strengthen its bid when the piece is sold at Sotheby’s.” - BBC
The San Francisco Bookstores Removing JK Rowling From Their Shelves
One of the bookstores writes, “Author JK Rowling publicly committed to using her private wealth from the Harry Potter series to develop the ‘JK Rowling Women's...
Filling The New LACMA With Music
“The celebration, which drew arts and civic leaders for the first of three preview nights, was far grander than the concert on March 26,1965,...
One Of The World’s First Gay Anthems Was Born 100 Years Ago In Chicago
The police bust of an all-women party she hosted in 1925 was the subject of Ma Rainey’s 1928 record “Prove It on Me Blues.”...
Warning: Welsh Traditional Folk Music Could Die Out Within A Generation
The review into the traditional music scene in Wales found traditional music sectors in England, Scotland and Ireland benefited from a "wide range of...
