SonicFox Drops NEXCON 2026 Over AI Art, Norman, OK
SonicFox says their interest in NEXCON 2026 dropped to zero after they spotted an AI-generated version of themselves in promotional art.
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AI, Arts & Creativity — what each story says
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🎨 Visual art and image generation3
CDI Collective: AI Tools We Actually Use – Mansfield Museum
The session explores how creatives are using AI in their everyday practice. Attendees are asked to bring their own experience for the peer-to-peer format.
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- What Happens When David Salle Lets AI into the Studio?Frieze · 10/22 16:41 UTC
🎵 Music2
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- Would You Listen to A.I. Music? Maybe You Already Do.The New York Times · 10/22 09:04 UTC
- As AI fears rise, a composer puts it on stage at Symphony HallMIT Media Lab · 10/22 13:07 UTC
🎬 Film, video and animation4
Sylvester Stallone Defends AI After His Pitch for a ‘Half Human, Half AI’ Movie Ignited Outrage: ‘You Get Blasted’ by Hollywood but ‘I Would Take That Risk’
Sylvester Stallone says Hollywood needs to embrace AI. He says he did not care about the backlash over pitching an AI Rambo movie.
Read the original →CU Boulder joins Sundance Institute initiative to help filmmakers navigate AI
CU Boulder is among the latest partners, and the only college or university, to join the Sundance Institute's AI Literacy Alliance.
Read the original →Stage 32 Launches Marketplace To Combat AI Slop
The Stage 32 writing platform has launched a marketplace to combat an influx of artificial intelligence generated slop.
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- 'We Cannot Be Paralyzed by Fear': Hollywood Execs on the Future of AIBloomberg.com · 10/22 11:00 UTC
🎮 Games2
Universal Music Group & AI Gaming Company TYGER Announce Licensing Deal
Universal Music Group and AI gaming company TYGER have signed a licensing agreement for songs to play on the gaming platform.
Read the original →Nextech3D.ai produces first AI-generated floor plan for Southeast Building Conference 2027
Nextech3D.AI said its Map D platform has created its first AI-generated customer floor plan, for the Florida Home Builders Association's Southeast Building Conference 2027. The company said the live floor plan currently provides interactive booth registration.
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VCCP Curious Festival: AI, Creator Culture & Marketing
The item gives highlights from VCCP's Autumn Curious Festival. Topics included AI agents, brand tracking, Gen Z media habits, and why human taste remains essential.
Read the original →Bangalow creative's heartwarming AI film Extra Time to premiere at Byron Bay International Film Festival
Nick George's AI short film Extra Time is set to premiere at the Byron Bay International Film Festival.
Read the original →The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 23 AM issue. Japanese version here.