“In the dystopia of George Orwell’s novel “1984”, Big Brother numbs the masses with the help of a “versificator”, a machine designed to automatically generate the lyrics to popular tunes, thereby ridding society of human creativity. Today, numerous artificial-intelligence (ai) models churn out, some free of charge, the music itself. Unsurprisingly, many fear a world flooded with generic and emotionally […]
“The New York Times plans to make the vast majority of its articles available to users as narrations read via an automated voice, executives tell Axios. Why it matters: The move will help position the Times as one of the biggest audio news companies globally. The company published 2,300 audio recordings, including podcasts, in 2023 with more than 600 Times […]
“More than 200 musical artists — including heavy hitters such as Billie Eilish, Katy Perry and Smokey Robinson — have penned an open letter to AI developers, tech firms and digital platforms to “cease the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists.” Why it matters: It’s one of the strongest positions the […]
“‘A Body for Harnasie’ turns a little-known 20th-century ballet into a multimedia fantasia for today. In 1936, Serge Lifar took to the stage of the Paris Opera, costumed to kill. Nijinsky’s heir twirled a pistol in each hand, black curls tumbling from a towering hat, a painted bodice of geometric shapes barely reaching his nipples. The role requiring such provocation […]
“Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed a first-in-the-nation bill to prevent the use of artificial intelligence to copy a performer’s “voice.” The floor in front of the stage at Robert’s Western World, a beloved lower Broadway honky-tonk in Nashville, was packed on Thursday afternoon. But even with the country music superstar Luke Bryan and multiple other musicians on hand, the […]