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A striking cat image may look real at first glance, but it was entirely created by an algorithm. The project This Cat Does Not Exist uses Style-GAN to generate hyperrealistic cats from machine learning.

Eugene Lim’s Search History turns a pulp-style chase into a meditation on grief, identity, and artificial intelligence. Anchored by a cyborg dog and an experimental structure, the novel blurs genre fiction with philosophical reflection while keeping death at its emotional center.

DeepMind and university researchers have introduced Ithaca, a deep neural network designed to restore ancient inscriptions, identify where they came from, and estimate their dates. Published in Nature, the project showed strong accuracy and became even more effective when used alongside historians’

AI image generators have exploded in 2022, with Craiyon, DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion each offering different ways to turn text prompts into images. This guide compares their access, strengths, limitations, and quirks, from photorealism and prompt engineering to content restrictions

At the 65th Annual Grammy Awards on February 5, Refik Anadol’s real-time AI artwork appeared on the screens behind the stage, marking what his studio said was the first use of AI art in a Grammy broadcast. The ceremony also featured pieces

Artificial intelligence-generated images imagining Donald Trump’s arrest have gone viral online, following his baseless claim that he would be indicted on March 21. The satirical posts, first shared by Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat, have drawn millions of views while authorities reportedly stepped

Z Behl and Kim Moloney are paddling up 350 miles of the Erie Canal for six hours a day, turning an overlooked waterway into the site of an epic journey. The piece also introduces the Craft Archive Fellowship and the first essay

In Memoriam returns with tributes to artists and cultural figures including Geles Cabrera, Helch, Yayoi Kusama, Christina Gascoigne, Jay Maisel, Laura Spector, David Thauberger, and Ally Van Tillo. The weekly feature honors those recently lost in the art world and notes several

A previously unknown Artemisia Gentileschi painting, recovered from the wreckage of Beirut’s 2020 port explosion, is being conserved at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The damaged "Hercules and Omphale" is expected to go on display at the Getty Center in late 2023

Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has defended the Venice Biennale Foundation’s decision to include Russia in the 61st Venice Biennale, despite criticism from the Italian Culture Ministry and the European Commission. The move has sparked boycott calls, sanctions concerns, and continuing controversy over the pavilion’s