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The future of the music industry is being written, and we believe that aggressively protecting against the worst parts of Gen AI is essential to enabling its potential for artists and producers. We envision a future where artists and producers are in control of how or if they incorporate AI into their creative processes. As always, we leave those creative …

Artists are leaving Spotify to protest CEO’s military AI investments  The Washington Post Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik, Debra Messing Among 1,200 Industry Names Rejecting Israeli Film Boycott in New Open Letter: It ‘Advocates’ for the ‘Erasure of Art’  Variety The Spotify Boycott: AI Ethics and Music Industry Reckoning  AI Magazine ‘Some Artists Blur Their Identity,’ as the World Turns a Deaf Ear to …

AMSTERDAM (AP) — It didn’t exactly take dogged detective work for an art sleuth in Amsterdam to solve a canine conundrum dating back to the Dutch Golden Age. Anne Lenders, a curator at the city’s landmark Rijksmuseum, said Tuesday that it was more or less by accident that she discovered that the barking dog in Rembrandt van Rijn’s famous “Night …

How do you improve on a sacred space? That was artist Adam Cvijanovic’s assignment when he was approached early last year: a mural for St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. “The Catholic Church hasn’t done a significant piece of art like this in a long, long time,” he said. But Cvijanovic’s commission made him part of a tradition that …

During YouTube’s Made On event on Tuesday, the company announced three features coming to YouTube Music, which are designed to deepen the connection between artists and their dedicated fans. One of the new features allows users to initiate a countdown for upcoming releases and to pre-save their favorite tracks or albums in advance. The countdown timer will be displayed on …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Orlando restaurateur on Monday turned over 49 parking spots outside her eatery for artists to color as a protest against a state mandate removing rainbow-colored crosswalks and other art on Florida streets, including one outside the LGBTQ-friendly nightclub where 49 people were killed in 2016. Se7en Bites owner Trina Gregory said she received 1,000 applications …

Artists’ Graffiti-Filled Oregon House Is Flooded With Offers Just Days After Listing for $300K  Realtor.com Source link

‘Silencing artists won’t advance peace’: Paramount condemns boycott of Israeli film world  Haaretz Paramount rejects Israeli film boycott supported by Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and nearly 4,000 others  Fox News Paramount Condemns Israeli Film Boycott After 3,900 Sign Pledge  Variety Paramount condemns Israel boycott by Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, more Hollywood stars  USA Today Actors and directors pledge not to work with Israeli film …

Media pundits, journalists, and academics, including MSNBC commentator Matthew Dowd, have also been fired or targeted over their comments about Kirk. Executives from Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, sent out an email to employees seemingly referencing Dowd’s dismissal over an “unacceptable and insensitive comment about this horrific event. That coverage was at odds with fostering civil dialogue.” In response to …

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has reached the Venice Film Festival this year in various ways, from protests to Wednesday night’s world premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab. It also came up on Wednesday during this afternoon’s press conference for The Hand of Dante when veteran artist and auteur Julian Schnabel declined to address the war directly while dismissing …