Science & Tech Artist Marco Brambilla’s New A.I.-Generated Ode to Elvis Is Inaugurating Las Vegas’s Immersive Entertainment Venue, the Sphere The video installation is on view as part of a new limited concert by the band U2. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 29, 2023
Science & Tech Marine Scientists Are Baffled By a Mysterious Golden Orb Found in the Unexplored Depths of the Gulf of Alaska “I don’t know what I am looking at,” one scientist said. By Richard Whiddington, Sep 22, 2023
Science & Tech Two A.I. Models Set Out to Authenticate a Raphael Painting and Got Different Results, Casting Doubt on the Technology’s Future The technology has limitations when faced with artists with low output or when it comes to detecting frauds. By Adam Schrader, Sep 18, 2023
Science & Tech Peek Inside Agnieszka Pilat’s Artist Residency at SpaceX, Where She Is Painting Religious Portraits of a Rocket Hatch The artist has begun her second residency at Elon Musk's spacecraft manufacturer. By Min Chen, Aug 31, 2023
Science & Tech A Data Breach at Christie’s Revealed Exact GPS Coordinates of Collectors’ Artworks If you uploaded photographs of your art to Christie's, the location of your collection might have been available to the public. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2023
Science & Tech See the Most Distant Star in the Universe—a Million Times Brighter Than the Sun—Thanks to Stunning Photos From NASA’s James Webb Telescope Webb's first year of operation has proved game changing for astronomers studying the origins of the universe. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2023
Science & Tech Can a Digital Artwork Outlast a 19th-Century Painting? The Answer Is Complicated as Artists, Dealers, and Conservators Battle Obsolescence in the Field Some of today's digital and VR artists are working with tech that can become outdated and unusable after just a few months. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 9, 2023
Science & Tech Want to Wear Van Gogh’s Hat? A New App From the Met Invites Users to Virtually Interact With the Museum’s Costumes and Collections The augmented reality app lets your Roblox avatar collect—and wear—replicas from the Met's collection. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2023
Science & Tech A Global Project Is Sending Time Capsules to the Moon Containing Artworks and Objects by More Than 30,000 Creatives The works will be sent in commercial shipments in tandem with NASA's Artemis missions. By Adam Schrader, Jul 31, 2023
Science & Tech Animations, and 3-D Models, and 3,000 Drawings: Inside Google’s Massive Machine-Learning Masterclass on Leonardo da Vinci Thanks to machine learning, Leonardo's expansive codices have been broken down into different themes. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 27, 2023
Science & Tech A Painting Newly Attributed to Raphael by A.I. Facial Recognition Goes on View for the First Time The painting, long dismissed as a Victorian copy of Raphael's famed 'Sistine Madonna,' has never been on public display before. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 26, 2023
Science & Tech Nefarious Data Collection Masking as Public Art? An A.I. Company Has Placed Mirrored Spheres Around the World in a Massive Eye-Scanning Project Worldcoin's effort has been criticized by the likes of Edward Snowden, who tweeted, "Don't catalogue eyeballs." By Min Chen, Jul 26, 2023
Science & Tech The White House Struck a Deal With A.I. Companies to Manage the Technology’s Risks. Artists Say It ‘Does Nothing’ to Protect Them "The administration just isn't listening," said Molly Crabapple. By Adam Schrader, Jul 25, 2023
Science & Tech Meta Is Expanding Its Generative A.I. Arsenal With a New Tool It’s Touting as a ‘State-of-the-Art’ Breakthrough CM3leon recognizes both text and visuals, allowing both image-to-text and text-to-image generation. By Adam Schrader, Jul 17, 2023
Science & Tech An Australian Photographer Was Disqualified From a Photo Contest After Her Submission Was Mistakenly Deemed A.I.-Generated The contest organizers were apologetic, but "paranoid about A.I.," said Suzi Dougherty. By Adam Schrader, Jul 17, 2023
