Disquiet grows in Albanese’s back yard as Grayndler artists unite against ‘insane’ AI proposal
Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative communityGet our ...
50 years on from Arts Britain Ignores: how much has changed for black and Asian artists?
Conference to explore legacy of Naseem Khan’s seminal 1976 report on the exclusion of minority ethnic artists It is 50 years since cultural historian ...
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents
Actors and musicians sign open letter urging government to protect residents amid impasse over Drumcree paradeDozens of artists, actors and musicians ...
OpenAI to reiterate apology to Australia over Medicare hack as inquiry told artists risk becoming ‘roadkill’
Company executive to acknowledge ‘more work to do to rebuild trust with the Australian people’ as ABC says copyright laws do not need changingGet our ...
Meet the 20 scholars and artists who've just won MacArthur Fellowships
A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philan...
Spotify’s Fresh Finds Forward gives artists free studio time and more
Getting added to Spotify's Fresh Finds playlists can be a huge break for artists trying to cut through the noise on streaming. Now Spotify is launchin...
When housing is unaffordable, this artist’s device makes pedaling harder
Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground Truth. It was 2020, two weeks before covid lockdown went into eff...
Celebrity Makeup Artists’ Favorite Products That Don’t Cost a Fortune
If we're gonna spend money on makeup, it better be on products that celebrity makeup artists swear by. It's our resolution for the rest of the year. I...
Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory
New Order and Simon Armitage among more than 100 signatories to criticise ‘foolish and shortsighted’ cutsMore than 100 artists, writers and scientists...
Is paying artists enough to convince them to embrace AI?
Illustrators have spent years sounding the alarm about generative artificial intelligence startups training their models on artists' work without perm...
Artists are lawyering up against AI slop, and some are even winning
When The Atlantic published a searchable dataset of works used to train AI, Kirk Wallace Johnson, like a lot of artists, looked for his name out of cu...
AI companies want to water down Australia’s copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split
Anthony Albanese will deliver a landmark speech on AI this week as MPs are torn between attracting datacentre investment and protecting the rights of ...
Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to break new artists. Spark is the...
Patreon CEO Jack Conte on supporting artists in the AI slop era
Today, I’m talking with Jack Conte, the CEO of Patreon. Jack last joined me on the show almost exactly five years ago, in the summer of 2021, and a lo...
Rare Rubens notebook sheet goes on display in artist’s home city of Antwerp
Double-sided page featuring a sketch and text sheds new light on the baroque master and his time living in RomeMore than 400 years ago, the up and com...
Spotify rolls out ‘Verified’ badge to distinguish human artists from AI
Green checkmark will appear on artist profiles to signal they meet the platform’s standard for authenticitySpotify on Thursday unveiled a new verifica...
