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Questloves Sly Stone doc explores the burden of Black Genius in America

Mashable Tech

The film's producer Joseph Patel gives us a deep look into the film, Sly Stone's legacy, and the burden that comes with success for Black artists. (aka the Burden of Black Genius) asks the question "Is there a burden on Black Genius?"

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Zepotha is huge on TikTok, but it’s no Goncharov

TechCrunch

It’s all part of a clever marketing campaign to promote a new song by the musical artist Emily Jeffri. Going viral on TikTok was once a perk that fast-tracked artists to making it in the music industry. Multiple creators started Google docs to write Zepotha’s lore together, but failed to agree on a singular story.

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Highnote launches a collaboration platform for musicians and podcasters offering voice notes, polls and more

TechCrunch

It’s typical for creators and their teams to rely on email, text messages, Word Docs, Google Drive, Dropbox, and other file-sharing services and tools that aren’t optimized for audio content, Highnote co-founder and CEO Jordan Bradley told TechCrunch. Highnote changes that.”. Highnote is free to use, and no download is required.

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AI is coming for the laptop class

Recode by Vox

I write stories like this in Google Docs on my laptop. Generative AIs like Dall-E, Sora, or Midjourney are actively competing with human visual artists; theyve already noticeably reduced demand for freelance graphic design. Enjoy the laptop lifestyle while it lasts, folks. I coordinate with my editor in Slack on my laptop.

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Return to Bird World is the real soundtrack to a fake sequel to a video game that doesn’t exist

The Verge

The album came together with the help of a “long-running Google Doc” where Chang sketched out the plot, characters, and settings of Return to Bird World. Chang hired artists to create the album’s cover and the game manual illustrations (Aliana Wong and Titas Antanas Vilkaitis), and he wrote the copy himself. “I

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26 great apps for your new 2020 Windows PC

The Verge

Artists can use the free program to make 3D models in addition to 2D creations, with all kinds of textures, filters, and lighting options. I’m not even a Spotify Premium subscriber (I’m an Apple Music loyalist), but I often pull up the Spotify Windows app just to see recommendations for new artists and songs. They’re usually good.

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A new use for AI: summarizing scientific research for seven-year-olds

The Verge

And already, tools similar to GPT-3 are being used in popular services like Google’s Gmail and Docs, which offer AI-powered autocomplete features to users. It offers pithy advice to struggling artists like “ask your body” or “try faking it!” But the deployment of these AI-language systems is controversial. Maybe, maybe not.