Why Real Paintings Can Look AI-Generated
A new study raises questions about the clues people trust when judging whether an image is artificial. It considers a painting from 1839 that looks more artificial than an AI image.
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AI, Arts & Creativity — what each story says
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🎨 Visual art and image generation1
🎵 Music1
[INTERVIEW] Korean startup targets 'legal AI music' via copyright tracking
More than half of the new tracks uploaded each day to French streaming service Deezer are now made by artificial intelligence.
Read the original →🎬 Film, video and animation2
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Composer and More Speak Out About AI at Ghent’s WSA Film Music Days: ‘We Must Continue to Defend Our Art’
At a recent World Soundtrack Awards industry panel, composer Simon Franglen spoke about his work on "Avatar: Fire and Ash." He recalled hundreds of musicians in a room.
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- Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg draws huge crowd at SF tech event, talks about AI in filmKRON4 · 10/15 23:56 UTC
🎮 Games1
Farewell, Console Exclusives. AI Has Turned the Gaming World Upside Down
Artificial intelligence has sharply sped up game decompilation and the creation of fan-made native PC versions. Enthusiasts are already working on porting Nintendo and PlayStation exclusives.
Read the original →🏛️ Museums and cultural institutions3
Singapore Media Festival Launches Creator Summit as Asia TV Forum Adds AI Zone, Microdrama Focus
Singapore Media Festival will add the Asia Creator Summit with Kimpro and Issei. Asia TV Forum & Market will launch an AI zone.
Read the original →'AI artists' perform improvised music at Jarasum Jazz Festival
Artificial intelligence models developed by a research team led by KAIST professor Nam Ju... performed improvised music at the Jarasum Jazz Festival.
Read the original →London Film Festival 2026: AI friends, capitalism and communism and the Hollywood celebrity machine
Taika Waititi's take on Klara and the Sun is more of a comedy, childish and slapstick, than Kazuo Ishiguro's sombre dystopian 2021 novel. The film had its world premiere at the London Film Festival the previous night.
Read the original →✍️ Creators at work1
Kling AI Showcases Kling 4.0 at Advertising Week New York as Generative AI Video Moves Toward Enterprise Production
A Plentisoft press release dated New York, October 16, 2026, reports that Kling AI showcased Kling 4.0 at Advertising Week New York.
Read the original →🇯🇵 Arts and AI in Japan2
Hakuhodo develops conversational AI agent for 'A Cinematic Girl' character project, to serve as Tokyo International Film Festival concierge
Hakuhodo has developed a new conversational AI agent using generative AI for 'A Cinematic Girl', a character project built on the concept of 'love of film' run by Theatre Cinema Group (Tokyo Theatres). The agent will also be deployed as a concierge at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Read the original →Quantum and AI used to generate anime images: TOPPAN and Keio University demonstrate new method
TOPPAN Holdings and Keio University jointly ran a demonstration experiment on supporting manga and animation production with quantum computers and generative AI. The experiment ran from February 1 to July 31.
Read the original →The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 16 PM issue. Japanese version here.