So, Who’d Have The Perfect Voice For Reading Poetry Written By An A.I. Robot?...
"For the editors of I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks, the answer was obvious. … 'They had an understanding that I wasn't the...
Small Washington Town’s Library Under Siege By Book-Banners
The library director and board initially refused to move any of the books. But, more recently, the library has tried to assuage its adversaries,...
An Existential Ethics Review At America’s Leading Medical Museum
"In common with many other museums, the Mütter is plagued by questions around the rights of acquisition of its collection. Earlier this year, the...
Iowa School District Used ChatGPT To Decide Which Books To Ban
Each of these texts was reviewed using AI software to determine if it contains a depiction of a sex act. Based on this review,...
Stand-Up Comedians Vs. A.I.: Can The Bots Win?
"Until recently, comedy has been seen as so quintessentially human that it was assumed A.I. would kill humanity before it would at a club....
TikTok Says It Will Let Users Opt Out Of Its Algorithms In The EU
TikTok’s algorithm learns from users’ interactions—how long they watch, what they like, when they share a video—to create a highly tailored and immersive experience that can...
A Daughter of Korean Immigrants To America Could Win Olympic Gold In Breakdancing
"Sunny Choi is now one of the 10 best B-girls in the world, and won silver at the 2022 World Games. Her ascendence comes...
Traditional TV Watching Falls Below 50 Percent For First Time As Streaming Dominates
In July, cable’s share fell below 30% for the first time, losing a full share point to stand at 29.6%. Broadcast usage fell 3.6%,...
Parisian Booksellers Explain How They Are Preparing For The 2024 Olympics
"With a diving suit and helmet, and with dark glasses, earplugs, and a plan for retreat to the countryside." "We'll of course have a...
“Barbie” Arrives In The Cinemas Of Saudi Arabia
"That this was happening in Saudi Arabia — one of the most male-dominated countries in the world — was mind-boggling to many in the...
Directors Of Theatres All Over Britain Are Resigning Because The Job Is So Miserable...
"While larger institutions ... can still attract and keep good artistic directors, regional theatres and arts centres are struggling. A job heading of one...
SAG-AFTRA Will Stop Granting Strike Waivers For Indie Productions
"SAG-AFTRA (had) argued that (waivers) supported the strike because they involved independent producers who agreed to all of the union's demands. But they have...
Opera Philadelphia Cuts Budget And Staff, And Its Director Will Step Down
The company has cut this year's budget by about 20% and eliminated six positions. One of this season's productions, Joseph Bologne's The Anonymous Lover,...
London Evening Standard Is Hemorrhaging Money And Would Shut Down Without Its Deep-Pocketed Owner,...
"The (paper) has lost a further £16m and said it was reliant on extra funds from its owner, Evgeny Lebedev, to continue publishing. …...
National Gallery In London Extends Its First Pay-What-You-Wish Program
While admission to the general collection and some special shows is free, the NG does charge for certain special exhibitions. Last year, amidst the...
How A Big Investment Bank (Morgan Stanley) Breaks Down The Art Market
As the fine-art auction market has grown more and more financialized in recent years, it has also grown more and more opaque to nearly...
Music Labels Sue Internet Archive Over Giving Access To Historic Recordings
The labels' lawsuit filed in a federal court in Manhattan said the Archive's "Great 78 Project" functions as an "illegal record store" for songs by musicians...
What’s Ailing University Music Programs: Study Of The Art Form
The progressive marginalisation of the study of music theory and analysis, relentlessly dismissed as “formalism”, deprives music departments of the one thing, other than practical work,...
Nigel Kennedy: Today’s Musicians Are “Clones”
“Every kid wants to play because of the love of music. But quite often they’ve got that beaten out of them and they’re having...
A Musician Describes Years Of Playing Through Pain
I developed tendinitis in my elbows and my knees and neither healed. The pain and muscle spasms from those injuries increased and migrated, eventually...
Has The Culture Of Possessing Art Subverted The Power Of Art?
Selfie-takers in museums epitomise ‘possessive modes of looking’ that are a symptom of a history of art rooted in the conflict between how the...
How Ancient Rome Used Libraries To Project Power
Today’s libraries are a direct legacy of the Roman impulse to transcend practicality and invest arenas of knowledge with a sense of scale akin...
Hollywood — Too Big to Fail (Until It Does)
As the oddly mismatched mega-companies who currently produce, own, and distribute TV shows and movies fumble to align themselves on basic issues, it...
The UK Is In A Cost Of Living Crisis, And The National Gallery Wants...
The London museum has said its pay-what-you-will scheme will extend for one more major show - Franz Hals. They've done it for two earlier...
The Pandemic Changed Many Things, Including What It Means To ‘Own’ A Book
In the fight over the Internet Archive, "it’s rarely this nasty, but free vs. expensive is a struggle that plays out continuously against all...
