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New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it In 2026, its easy to see why generative AI is bad. The internet has nicknamed its excretions “slop”. The CEOs of AI companies prance about on stage like supervillains, bragging that their products will eliminate vast swathes of work. Generative AI requires sacrificing the world’s water to feed its hideous data centres. Around the globe, chatbots induce schizophrenic delusions and urge teens to kill themselves – all while turning users brains to mush. Who could have predicted this? Artists, that’s who. Continue reading...
Read full articleNadia Piet & Archival Images of AI + AIxDESIGN / AI Am Over It / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 By Misia Temler, University of Sydney With so many artificial intelligence (AI) products on offer now, it’s increasingly tempting to offload difficult thinking tasks to chatbots, agents and other tools. As we chart this new technological […]
Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is between augmenting workers and displacing them. For now, the founders say the administrative staff they work with aren't worried about that; they're more worried about drowning.
Richard Dawkins and chatbots | LLM meaning | Flattery battery | Dancing in PE | Maths breakthrough The otherwise admirable Richard Dawkins should adjust the local settings of the chatbot or tell it to be less obsequious (Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it, 6 May). Such bots are initially geared to American overenthusiasm and egregiously flattering reinforcement, but just tell them you want British attitude. They’re only simulating you know. Brian Reffin Smith Berlin, Germany • With artificial intelligence bringing “large language models” into everyday use, the LLM after my name has acquired a new meaning. For 70 years I assumed that it referred to my Cambridge master of laws. Trevor Lyttleton London Continue reading...
Pennsylvania sued an AI company, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving users into thinking they are getting medical advice from a licensed professional.
Corgi, a new insurance company backed by Y Combinator, is now offering AI liability insurance – for both the AI companies providing the outputs, and ...
Artificial intelligence is transforming music creation, but the real disruption isn’t creativity. It’s authorship, labor, and reshaping the systems that sustain artists.
Artificial intelligence unicorns are multiplying fast, and not all of them deserve the attention they get. This guide covers the most valuable private AI companies of 2026, what they actually build, who is paying for it, and what separates genuine commercial value from inflated numbers.
Green checkmark will appear on artist profiles to signal they meet the platform’s standard for authenticity Spotify on Thursday unveiled a new verification system designed to help listeners distinguish human musicians from AI-generated content, as people flood streaming platforms with a growing volume of synthetic tracks made with artificial intelligence. The Swedish streaming giant said its “Verified by Spotify” badge – marked by a green checkmark – will begin appearing on artist profiles and in search results in the coming weeks, signaling that a profile has been reviewed and meets the platform’s standards for authenticity. Continue reading...
