Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’
Portrait Artist of the Year is now in its 13th series and has become a TV institution. Big Issue went behind the scenes with Louis Theroux.
Read the original →Article digest · Oct 7 PM
AI, Arts & Creativity — what each story says
Every story in this issue with a short summary, so you can decide what to read before leaving the site. Summaries are written by AI (Claude) only from each publisher's own description and checked by Jev for anything not in that description. They are not full translations. Follow "Read the original" for the full story.
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🎨 Visual art and image generation4
Jaron Lanier: Music and AI on the Artist’s Terms
Jaron Lanier discusses music and AI. The piece covers his building of his own composing software and his collaboration with pianist Serene and the Santa Cruz Symphony.
Read the original →Absen brings the world’s first AI art museum to life
Absen's COB LED technology forms the visual backbone of Dataland, described as the world's first AI-themed museum of fine arts. The museum is housed within Frank Gehry's THE GRAND LA in downtown Los Angeles.
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- Beyond Generic AI: From a Forger’s Tactics to an Artist’s TouchLBB - Little Black Book · 10/07 08:25 UTC
🎵 Music1
7 Best AI Music Video Generators for YouTube: A Filmmaker’s Guide to Full-Song 16:9 Cuts
The description says the music video has long served as a film school without the fees. It cites David Fincher shooting Madonna's "Vogue", Michel Gondry making his name on Björk videos, and Spike Jonze cutting "Sabotage" for the Beastie Boys before each moved into features.
Read the original →🎬 Film, video and animation3
Will AI kill the Asian entertainment industry, or reinvent it?
Studios in China are turning to models from ByteDance and Kling to generate 100-minute short dramas. The description says the dramas cost less than $3000.
Read the original →Abundantia Entertainment To Turn AI Arm AiOn Into Standalone Studio
India's Abundantia Entertainment is moving to turn its AI creative arm, Abundantia AiOn, into a standalone production studio.
Read the original →Aaron Sorkin Explains What AI Gets Wrong About Storytelling
The description calls the piece an all-encompassing interview that takes readers on an epic ride with a lot of lessons.
Read the original →📐 Design and architecture1
Designer brand HANNAH SHIN successfully presented the opening fashion show of the "2nd Seoul AI Robo..
Designer brand HANNAH SHIN presented the opening fashion show of the "2nd Seoul AI Robot Show" held at COEX in Seoul on October 6. The show was hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Read the original →🎮 Games3
After Promising a 'Human-Centered Festival,' AGF Sparks Fan Backlash with AI-Generated Teaser Video
AGF 2026, described as South Korea's premier animation and gaming festival, has courted controversy two months ahead of its opening. The controversy erupted over its teaser video.
Read the original →AMD CEO Lisa Su Meets Korean Gamers: 'The Convergence of AI and Gaming Will Grow Larger'
AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su designated both artificial intelligence and gaming as core areas of computing. She presented a vision of combining the two technologies to support all users who require high-performance computing.
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- D&D and Magic The Gathering developers unionize, allege Wizards of the Coast is pushing "adoption of LLMs and generative AI"GamesRadar+ · 10/06 19:50 UTC
🏛️ Museums and cultural institutions1
Fan Bingbing: AI Can't Replace Actors' Emotional Depth
Chinese star Fan Bingbing discussed the limits of AI at the Busan International Film Festival. She also celebrated film collaborations at the festival.
Read the original →✍️ Creators at work2
Google Flow Music Lets Producers Build Their Own AI Plugins
Google Flow Music now lets producers export custom Spaces as VST3 and AU plugins. This brings AI-built creative tools directly into professional music workflows.
Read the original →Fish Audio – Text-to-Speech, Voice Cloning & Speech AI Platform
Fish Audio is a voice platform offering text to speech, voice cloning, and speech to text. Its flagship engine is S2 / S1 Pro, with emotion tags such as whisper, laugh, and pause. A clone can start from about 10 to 15 seconds of audio.
Read the original →🇯🇵 Arts and AI in Japan1
VRChat Announces Its Position on Creators' AI Use, Updates Guidelines and Runs Survey
On October 7, VRChat published its policy on AI use and updated its creator guidelines at the same time. The changes include a ban on thumbnails that differ from the actual experience, along with the operator's stated position on them.
Read the original →The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 7 PM issue. Japanese version here.