Art
As a History Professor, This Is How I Use AI in Class
Instead of assigning my routine Gladiator review, I asked students to query ChatGPT about the film’s historical inaccuracies.
AI
Art
What’s That Weird AI Bird Popping Up All Over TikTok?
The strange and ever-changing “Erosion Bird” meme taps into the uncanniness and inconsistency of artificial intelligence.
Art
Inside the Magical World of AI Prompters on Reddit
The story of AI images isn’t just about robots, but also about the people behind these strange, futuristic visuals.
News
New Tool Helps Artists Protect Their Work From AI Scraping
Nightshade works by subtly shifting the pixels in an artwork in order to “confuse” the technology, allegedly protecting artists’ works.
News
Student Uses AI to Read Ancient Scroll
21-year-old Luke Farritor identified the first word in a scroll that was buried in mud and ash during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
News
Meta's AI Sticker Generator Proves We Can't Be Trusted
While the stickers can be innocent and cute, some prompts yield disturbing racial biases that show how AI can be abused.
Film
The Films That Presaged Our AI Future
A new Criterion Channel film collection spanning five decades examines the pressing existential questions surrounding artificial intelligence today.
News
An AI Avatar Generator That Pays Artists Their Cut
Ascendant is trying to change the narrative that generative AI hurts artists, but not everyone is on board with the model.
News
To Draw Museum Visitors, Vienna Turns to AI (and Cats)
The city has launched a new cat-paign — ehm, campaign — that puts a feline spin on famous Austrian artworks.
News
AI Images Visualizing Trump’s Arrest Send Internet Into a Frenzy
The pictures, created using Midjourney, depict the former president's greatest fantasy: being dragged away by police in front of the cameras.
News
Some AI Artworks Now Eligible for Copyright
New guidance from the US Copyright Office sets some policies around AI-generated images.
Art
We Asked AI to Review Refik Anadol's "Unsupervised" at MoMA
What does the internet's most popular Artificial Intelligence chatbot have to say about Anadol’s AI-based artwork?