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Contractors Renovating A Kitchen Uncover 17th-Century Friezes

The murals, believed to date from between 1635 and 1699, are in a one-bedroom apartment in the old walled city of York in northern England. - CNN

After 41 Years, Beloved NPR Veteran Sylvia Poggioli Is Retiring

"Sylvia's wide-ranging, often hard-hitting and always rich storytelling helped NPR distinguish itself in its early years as a news organization with deep interest in the wider world. Her work helped build the foundation for what is today NPR's award-winning International Desk." - NPR

Ranked Choice: Enjoying Art Is About Reacting

Criticism is not an unerring ranking system but a form of personal expression, and a good review is not right (or not only right) but convincing, fresh, entertaining, satisfying, perceptive – in other words, possesses the sorts of qualities prized in the objects the critic is nominally appraising. - New Statesman

Warning: We Need New Laws To Protect Artists From AI Creative Theft

Big Tech has successfully skated through legal matters for years, waving the banner of “permissionless innovation.” - Washington Post

The BBC Used To Be Champions Of Culture

Something seems to have gone terribly awry at the BBC when it comes to classical music. - The Critic

Adam Sandler Wins The Mark Twain Prize

“As I look at this goofy award, I can’t help but think that one day it just might be the weapon used to bludgeon me to death,” Mr. Sandler said in his familiar silly cadence during his acceptance speech. - The New York Times

Does Anyone Read Professional Reviews Anymore?

Good criticism can provide that context — historical or theoretical or even economic — and some vocabulary for discussing musical taste. It can help demystify some of the mechanics of the art form, ideally in language that remains approachable to the novice or new initiate. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Orange County Museum Of Art’s New Building: Bettter, But…

It’s easy to dump on the contractors. But the contractors didn’t design this overwrought building, nor did they commission it. That falls to the Culver City-based Morphosis, led by Thom Mayne, and the museum’s board. - Los Angeles Times

Can You Copyright AI-Generated Work? Right Now It’s Complicated

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the guidance is an author’s “duty to disclose the inclusion of AI-generated content in a work submitted for registration.” - ArsTechnica

AI Is Less A Search Engine Than It Is A Librarian

The problem is that even when these systems are wrong only 10% of the time, you don’t know which 10%. People also don’t have the ability to quickly validate the systems’ responses. - Gizmodo

It Looks Like Netflix’s Ad-Supported Subscriptions Are Getting Traction

The figures suggest that Netflix is finding its footing with the new revenue stream, after having been overwhelmingly reliant on subscriber revenue for most of its history. - The Verge

When The Pandemic Hit, Pico Iyer’s Income Dropped To Zero

His mother was dying, and, like everyone, he couldn't travel. But, he says, "given so much external suffering, as the Dalai Lama pointed out, it didn’t seem helpful to compound that by creating even more suffering, internally, through anxiety or rage." - Los Angeles Review Of Books

AI Generators Just Figured out Hands

This is a huge issue for verifying images, as hand issues had been one of the ways to tell an AI-generated photo from a human-created image. "Many viewers have already proven themselves unable to discern AI-generated artwork from the real deal." - Hyperallergic

In Southwest England, The Police Don’t Want Any Stinkin’ Jazz Festivals

Or at least not the We Out Here fest, founded by the BBC's Giles Peterson, expecting about 25,000 people during the event. The Dorset police said the music event "will likely undermine the licensing objective to Prevent Crime and Disorder and ensure Public Safety." - BBC

Is The Internet Archive A Library, Or Is It A Publishing Scam?

Librarians argue that a lawsuit filed by four major publishers, should it succeed, "would jeopardize the future development of digital libraries nationwide. The Internet Archive is the most significant specialized library to emerge in decades." - Inside Higher Ed

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