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Why We Need To Keep Supporting Artists Like Doechii, According To Tyler, The Creator

Doechii is easily one of the most important voices in Hip Hop right now, and Tyler, The Creator agrees. During his latest run-in with Nardwuar on Thursday (March 27), the “Yonkers” rapper talked about hearing the Swamp Princess for the first time and, like a lot of people...

Con artists go on overdrive trying to hit Rick Ross concert sponsors

Gregory Wings, the founder of Blue Screen Entertainment, says he does not want sponsors getting scammed by people trying to use his name or the company’s name. Wings is one of the organisers of the upcoming Rick Ross concert taking place at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban...

Iran artist’s vision for culture hub enlivens rustic district

In the winding alleys of southern Iran, artist Adel Yazdi has taken it upon himself to turn his rustic old neighbourhood into a cultural and tourist hub through vibrant paintings and carved relief faces.Narenjestan, a neighbourhood characterised by crumbling, uninhabited houses, is nestled in Shiraz, a southern city celebrated for its historic architecture...

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Artists find a green, glowing mushroom in a Swiss forest

Science & Nature The saffron drop bonnet mushroom is surprisingly bioluminescent. The post Artists find a green, glowing mushroom in a Swiss forest appeared first...

Artists astound with AI-generated film stills from a parallel universe

Enlarge / An AI-generated image from an #aicinema still series called "Vinyl Vengeance" by Julie Wieland, created using Midjourney. Since last year, a group of artists have been using an AI image generator called Midjourney to create still photos of films that don't exist. They call the trend "AI cinema." We spoke to one of

How Should Artists Face AI? Entertainment Industry Coalition Releases 7 Principles to Support ‘Human Creativity’

Announced during a South by Southwest panel, the principles state that policymaking around the technology should keep "creators' interests" in mind. GI A wide coalition of music industry organizations have joined together to release a series of core principles regarding artificial intelligence — the first collective stance the entertainment business has taken surrounding the topic.

Artists launch copyright lawsuit against AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney

What just happened? In addition to concerns about AI-generated content taking human jobs, it seems there are also questions regarding the material these tools are trained on. In the case of the art-creating systems Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, their developers are being sued alongside portfolio site DeviantArt by three artists for allegedly violating copyright laws.