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Spotify will test letting artists promote songs that are going viral

The Verge

Spotify’s going to test letting artists and labels influence more of what its algorithm promotes. The company announced today a new test for all artists and labels on the platform where they can decide to promote any music that’s important to them.

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Even the Most Advanced AI Has a Problem: If It Doesn’t Know the Answer, It Makes One Up

Futurism

To demonstrate the issue, WSJ writer Ben Fritz devised a simple test: asking multiple advanced AI models who he was married to, a question that is not easily Google-able. and when I tested that question out on Claude, the chatbot declined to answer and warned that there was a possibility that it may "hallucinate" a response.)

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ChatGPT Starts Blocking Studio Ghibli-Style Images After Trend Goes Viral

Futurism

We continue to prevent generations in the style of individual living artists, but we do permit broader studio styles." But what people widely understand to be the Ghibli aesthetic was pioneered by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, who directed and animated the vast majority of Ghibli's most well-known films and is very much a living artist.

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The U.S. is building a gas station in space

Mashable Tech

An artist's conception of Astroscale's refueler orbiting Earth. The revolutionary, $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope , for example, has finite fuel, and its mission (while still lengthy) is limited to some 20 years. The paradigm we had doesn't hold up any more," Thomas emphasized. Credit: Astroscale U.S.

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Spotify tests Snapchat-like stories for playlists

The Verge

Spotify is testing a new Snapchat-style Stories feature alongside some of its playlists. On its Christmas Hits playlist, for example, a series of artists including Jennifer Lopez, Kelly Clarkson, and Pentatonix use a series of short video clips to share personal anecdotes about the festive period and their songwriting processes.

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Authentic Artists is building virtual, AI-powered musicians

TechCrunch

Chris McGarry, who previously led music integration at Facebook’s Oculus, is taking a new approach to bringing music into the virtual world with his startup Authentic Artists. The appeal is that these artists can really be vehicles for collaboration with the audience, so that [audience members] can selectively shape the live show.”

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Five beautiful bags that also get the job done

Fast Company Tech

Cuyana spends many years designing bags, then testing them with customers to continue making tweaks and improvements. The bag is named after Hilma af Klint, a Swedish artist who was among the first abstract artists in Western art history. This particular bag is specifically designed for travelers.