Art & Tech Tired of News About the Royal Coronation? A Māori Artist Has Created a Browser Plugin That Will ‘Switch Off the Toff’ Pikari Mai! substitutes all stories about the monarchy with Indigenous news. By Richard Whiddington, May 5, 2023
Art & Tech Vienna’s Tourism Board Is Using Cat-Themed A.I. Spin-Offs of Famous Artworks to Urge People to Go See the Real Thing These new A.I. versions of Austria's most iconic artworks all feature cats. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 5, 2023
Art & Tech Amnesty International Faces an Outcry From Photographers Over Creating A.I.-Generated Images of Protestors The human rights organization removed A.I.-generated images after photojournalists criticized their use in an era of fake news. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 4, 2023
Art & Tech Molly Crabapple Has Posted an Open Letter by 1,000 Cultural Luminaries Urging Publishers to Restrict the Use of ‘Vampirical’ A.I.-Generated Images The letter pulls no punches, saying generative A.I. 'sucks the lifeblood' from living artists. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 3, 2023
Art & Tech ‘I Have Sold More Than $30 Million in NFTs’: Iconoclastic Digital Artist Refik Anadol in Conversation With Collector Adam Lindemann The pair discuss NFTs, digital collecting, and the role of A.I. in art futures. By Adam Lindemann, May 2, 2023
Art & Tech Scientists Have Found Mysterious Markings on the Stone of Destiny, the Ancient Relic That Will Grace King Charles III’s Coronation The stone has been used in royal coronations since the 14th century. By Richard Whiddington, May 2, 2023
Art & Tech ‘An Opportunity Not to Be Missed’: Artist Alex Israel Is Touting His New Gagosian Show With a Press Release Generated by ChatGPT The exhibition's wall text will also be generated by the language model. By Richard Whiddington, May 1, 2023
Art & Tech How Hot Are You? Art Collective MSCHF’s New Chat Site Lets A.I. Do the Evaluating Hot Chat 3000 rates and matches users based on attractiveness. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 27, 2023
Art & Tech A Scholar Has Uncovered a Hidden Translation of the Gospels by Shining UV Light on an Ancient Biblical Text His study found noticeable differences in how the Matthew chapters were translated. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 27, 2023
Art & Tech A Photographer Submitted an A.I.-Generated Image to a Prestigious Art Competition to Be ‘Cheeky.’ It Won a Top Prize Anyway Boris Eldagsen has refused the award, saying his submission was intended to start a discussion about the use of A.I. in photography. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 17, 2023
Art & Tech The FBI’s New Mobile App Helps Identify and Locate Stolen Art—and You Can Report Tips The app offers access to the FBI’s stolen art database. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 12, 2023
Art & Tech Meet the Robotics Company Beloved by Generative Artists for Transforming Their Digital Art Into Physical Reality Artmatr's technology has been used by artists from Tyler Hobbs to Barnaby Furnas. By Min Chen, Apr 11, 2023
Art & Tech Children Who Are Exposed to Awe-Inspiring Art Are More Likely to Become Generous, Empathic Adults, a New Study Says The study found that children who viewed inspiring videos were more likely to help refugees. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2023
Art & Tech Did Monet Owe His Hazy, Impressionistic Style to the Early Effects of Climate Change? A New Scientific Study Suggests So The artist painted at the height of the Industrial Revolution. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 28, 2023
Art & Tech We Asked ChatGPT About Art Theory. It Led Us Down a Rabbit Hole So Perplexing We Had to Ask Hal Foster for a Reality Check A simple ChatGPT inquiry turned into a very strange ride. By Ben Davis, Mar 2, 2023
