As the company moves the technology into more of its products, perhaps the generative AI revolution will turn out to be a lot less fun than you might expect from the early shock and awe of ChatGPT, a chatbot that has an edgy charm. - Wired
The Luddites were not some group of fanatics trying to slow the march of history. They were workers trying to protect their livelihood from new machines that would churn out low-quality stockings using cheaper, less skilled labor. - The Atlantic
Fake streaming is an industry-wide problem that goes beyond AI-made music. A French study found that between 1 and 3 percent of all music streamed across various popular platforms in France in 2021 was detected to have been streamed by bots, accounting for an estimated 1 to 3 billion fake streams. - Wired
Simon Winchester worries “that today’s all-too-readily available stockpile of information will lead to a lowered need for the retention of knowledge, a lessening of thoughtfulness, and a consequent reduction in the appearance of wisdom in society.” - Washington Post
The original paintings were last seen by the public in 1824, the year they were sold to the ancestors of their current owners, who Christie’s said were unaware that both were confirmed originals. - Washington Post
While the United States offered myriad opportunities, it also had its challenges. Classical music in the hinterlands was a relatively new phenomenon and the couple could not depend on finding venues on the road, especially in relatively small communities, that could easily provide two matched grand pianos. - Nightingale's Sonata
"The CGT union has vowed to make its presence felt -- threatening last month that it would cut power during the festival and announcing a 'fixed' protest in front of the famed Carlton Hotel." - Yahoo News (AFP)
Kuang, author of bestseller Babel, says her new novel came to her almost fully formed. "Publishing was going through what seems like all these watershed moments, having conversations about change and diversity and caring about marginalized writers, et cetera, and I was feeling a bit cynical." - Los Angeles Times
This is twisted. A variety of cities and governmental departments "are using an art form once thought to carry humanity’s highest ideals to hide the system’s most vulnerable from view." - Boston Globe
"It was so good to mine the musical riches of Cyprus, Moldova, Albania and Australia, ... and it seems that on a Venn diagram of Radio 3 listeners and Eurovision fans, there is more crossover than you might expect." - Classical Music
"If I have a rehearsal and she’s on spring break from school, for example, the dancers sit in the lobby and have lunch with her or play dolls with her. ... This is my tribe, and my co-workers are like aunts and uncles." - Pointe Magazine
"Because flint isn’t a resource native to Norway, researchers suspect the roughly 3,700-year-old dagger originated elsewhere, perhaps in Denmark. An excavation of the school’s grounds following Elise’s discovery unearthed no related artifacts." - Smithsonian Magazine
Isn't that just a little weird? "Nearly every single thing you learn about the origins of Peter Pan, Wendy, the lost boys, and Neverland makes what is marketed as an uplifting tale about innocence and imagination instead a sobering reminder of the inevitability of loss, decay, and death." - LitHub
The algorithm. The almighty, disgusting, algorithm, which prizes popularity above all things. So, for Netflix, the race to the bottom started with the success of Tiger King. - El País (Spain)
"Imagine you have no and that you were just as interested in music and pop culture as young people have always been and wanted a place that was a one-stop shop for that kind of news and information, but also politics and social issues." - Los Angeles Times
