Published on: 2025-06-09 17:00:00
TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching TikTok for Artists, a new music insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers. The official launch comes two months after TikTok was spotted testing the platform in select countries. The tool is built to help artists and their teams better connect with fans, improve their promotional efforts, and inform content creation on TikTok. The platform gives artists, their labels, and their teams access to data about the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-19 11:37:34
Fresh on the heels from his exit from Meta, former Facebook executive Nick Clegg is defending artificial intelligence against copyright holders who want to hold the industry accountable. As the Times of London reports, Clegg insisted during an arts festival last weekend that it's "implausible" to ask tech companies to ask for consent from creators before using their work to train their AI models. During a speech at the Charleston Festival in East Sussex — which was, ironically enough, meant to
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In 2003, a group of Rhode Island artists created a secret living space within a busy shopping mall and lived there off and on, undetected, for about four years. Why? The new documentary Secret Mall Apartment, now in select theaters nationwide, tells the story of eight Providence-based artists who, although they periodically hint at their left-leaning politics, admirably dedicate their time and skills to projects paying tribute to the first-responder firemen who perished on 9/11, the victims of
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is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. TikTok users will now be able to save tracks they discover straight to their SoundCloud app. On Wednesday, the two companies announced they’re partnering to expand an existing TikTok feature that was previously available to users of music streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify. The “add to music app” button appears when a TikTok user cli
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Almost no one hits it big in music. The odds are so bad it’s criminal. But on a late spring evening in Louisville, Kentucky, Mike Smith and Jonathan Hay were having that rare golden moment when everything clicks. Smith was on guitar. Hay was fiddling with the drum machine and keyboard. Dudes were grooving. Holed up in Hay’s living room, surrounded by chordophones and production gizmos, the two musicians were hoping that their first album as a jazz duo would finally win them the attention they’d
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-05 12:21:28
Bob Abrahamian’s interviews are a cornerstone of this collection, offering unique insights into the lives and careers of Chicago’s soul music artists. These conversations, conducted with warmth and deep knowledge, bring to life the stories behind the music and the era that shaped it.
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is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Bungie has issued a statement on social media saying it is investigating how unauthorized artwork appeared in the closed alpha test of its PvPvE shooter Marathon. Earlier this week, Scottish artist Fern Hook posted on social media that her work had appeared in the Marathon alpha without her knowledge or permission. “Its env
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is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Leica is bringing a new kind of filter effect called “Artist Looks” to its Lux camera app for iPhones, with the first one adjusting your photos to resemble the style and body of work of celebrity photographer Greg Williams. Artist Looks, like the other color and black-and-white looks in Leica’s app, are essentially one-click filter pre
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 18:48:56
SoundCloud has altered its platform policies to require opt-ins for training generative AI models with artists' music following widespread user backlash, the company announced today in a letter from its CEO. On Friday, Futurism broke the story that SoundCloud had quietly updated its Terms of Use (TOU) in February 2024 with language allowing it to train AI using users' uploaded content, which could include uploaded music. The updated terms — which were flagged by users on Bluesky and X (formerl
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#004 - Masters of Truchet The Truchet tile pattern is a favorite among pen plotter artists. This post gives you a high-level overview of what the Truchet pattern is and dives into some of my favorite artists using it to create incredible plots.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-15 16:27:24
Elton John and Dua Lipa seek protection from AI They want the PM to back an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that would require developers to be transparent with copyright owners about using their material to train AI models. Also at risk, they write, is "the UK's position as a creative powerhouse". A letter signed by more than 400 British musicians, writers and artists, addressed to Sir Keir Starmer, says failing to give that protection would mean them "giving away" their work to
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SoundCloud — a music sharing platform once so beloved by artists it spawned sub-genres named after it — updated its terms of service (TOS), forcing artists who use SoundCloud to let their music train AI. It looks like the change went into effect during SoundCloud's last TOS policy update in February 2024, and it's just coming to light now. The updated terms read that "in the absence of a separate agreement that states otherwise," creators who upload content to the site "explicitly agree that y
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A skeleton crew worked on creating the faux Basquiats—it essentially included one scenic [artist], Leigh, Schnabel, and actor Jeffrey Wright, who played Basquiat. “Julian himself pretty much started each of the paintings,” said Leigh. “Jeffrey Wright, who is not trained as a painter, needed to appear on camera, as though he really knew how to handle pastel sticks and brushes and all of the artist tools and equipment. So Jeffrey would go to Julian’s studio, and they would work on the Basquiat, an
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A skeleton crew worked on creating the faux Basquiats—it essentially included one scenic [artist], Leigh, Schnabel, and actor Jeffrey Wright, who played Basquiat. “Julian himself pretty much started each of the paintings,” said Leigh. “Jeffrey Wright, who is not trained as a painter, needed to appear on camera, as though he really knew how to handle pastel sticks and brushes and all of the artist tools and equipment. So Jeffrey would go to Julian’s studio, and they would work on the Basquiat, an
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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET With AI, one can now produce thousands of high-quality illustrations and videos. But that is only part of the story. Last August, a group of artists took AI imaging tools providers to court, which ruled against Stability AI and MidJourney's motion to dismiss the artists' copyright infringement claims. The case has moved to discovery and is set to begin in September 2026. Also: Can AI supercharge creativity without stealing from artists? "In reaching this decision
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But none of that would have been possible if I hadn’t been bored and curious. And more to the point: curious about tech. The university computer lab may seem at first like an unlikely center for creativity. We tend to think of creativity as happening more in the artist’s studio or writers’ workshop. But throughout history, very often our greatest creative leaps—and I would argue that the web and its descendants represent one such leap—have been due to advances in technology. There are the big
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Sesh, a fan engagement ecosystem that connects people with their favorite music artists, announced it has raised $7 million. Sesh foster connection by connecting fans with interactive experiences, exclusive content and live events. Miura Global led the round, with participation from angel investors in the music and tech industry. With these funds, Sesh aims to expand its platform capabilities, onboard more artists, and enhance its technology to provide deeper insights and engagement opportunit
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Making it easier to hire game developers is a necessary thing in today’s troubled game industry. And so Devoted Holding, the parent of co-development firm Devoted Studios, is launching the Devoted Fusion freelancer hub to find game talent. The online hub from Devoted Fusion, a sister to Los Angeles-based Devoted Studios, is an end-to-end self-serve portal that connects development studios, publishers and brands to pre-vetted game art and animation freelance talent around the world. The main “w
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-07 16:44:13
The arguments against AI in art are obvious. Most visual artists hate Midjourney, Stability AI, and similar image generators, decrying the scraping of training data without compensation and the onslaught of generic “slop.” But is it possible to deliberately misuse generative AI for creative work? Oakland, California-based painter Brett Amory uses image generators as tools constantly. Instead of passively churning out generic images in large volumes — what he himself has referred to as addictive
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-10 11:02:58
The Treachery of Image Files I have recently come into possession of a series of exquisite miniatures which I pray are worthy of your esteemed attention. While my employers are familiar with your unusual tastes, they also appreciate your desire for privacy- this showing was arranged with the utmost discretion, I assure you. To the untrained eye, the pieces might appear remarkably similar. Each canvas is a digitally-reproduced composition measuring ten pixels in height and ten pixels in width,
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As TikTok’s fate in the United States remains uncertain, the tech giant has quietly started testing a new “TikTok for Artists” insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The platform will provide artists with tools to promote their songs, understand performance metrics, and engage with fans. The platform is currently being tested in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, and Indonesia. TikTok plans to bring the platform to additio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-29 19:16:00
In brief: Ownership of Napster is changing hands once again. The company, which started life as a peer-to-peer file sharing service more than 25 years ago, is being purchased by Infinite Reality for $207 million. The immersive technology specialist plans to transform Napster from a legitimate streaming music service into a social and interactive music platform. Napster's claim to fame came near the turn of the century. The file sharing service made it trivially easy for the average Joe to share
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Infinite Reality, a tech company focused on immersive digital media and ecommerce, has agreed to acquire music brand Napster for $207 million. The two companies have a definitive agreement. Napster, a fully-licensed independent music service, delivers over 110 million high fidelity tracks from the top artists in the world to its loyal global subscriber base. Over the past two decades Napster has paid over $1 billion to artists and songwriters worldwide, establishing itself as a cornerstone of t
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Viewed side by side, the artists’ respective experiments in glass painting could not have been more different. But in Maine, New Mexico, and Kraków, reverse painting presented new possibilities to a generation of modernist artists. There is no telling whether Janoszanka was aware of these other experimenters in avant-garde glass painting. It is also unclear if she faced the same gendered critique: the critic Paul Rosenfeld, argues Wurzelbacher, “cast Hartley’s ‘canvases and rectangles of glass’
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-06 15:08:17
Any music fan will know how time-consuming it can be to keep tabs on which artists are playing nearby soon. To make that a bit easier — and help make sure you don't miss shows by musicians you like — Spotify is debuting its latest personalized playlist . Concerts Near You will update every Wednesday with 30 songs from artists that align with your interests and are playing close to you. Tapping on a track will reveal details about the relevant show as well as links to buy tickets. You'll be able
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-06 19:19:20
On Wednesday, Spotify launched a new personalized playlist designed to help listeners discover upcoming concerts in their area. The playlist, titled “Concerts Near You,” is updated every Wednesday with 30 songs from artists performing nearby, along with full event details and ticket links. Spotify partners with ticketing platforms like AXS, DICE, Eventbrite, and Ticketmaster. Like other personalized playlists on Spotify, such as “Daylist” and various “Mixes,” “Concerts Near You” is tailored to
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South by Southwest is known for showcasing creativity: in film, music, comedy and other forms of art. But with this year's conference focusing heavily on generative AI, there was no better place to see the collision of human creativity and machine creation up close. What did I find? Technologists who see machine learning making it easier for people to bring ideas to reality. Artists who see AI as an existential threat to their craft's already precarious financial stability -- and a shortcut thr
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Chris Moore, a British artist who conjured fantastical worlds with high-sheen covers for books by science-fiction masters like Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke and Alfred Bester, and who lent his artistry to albums by Rod Stewart and Fleetwood Mac, died on Feb. 7 at his home in Charmouth, on the southwestern coast of England. He was 77. His wife, Katie Moore, announced his death on his Facebook page. She did not cite a cause. Making his name with a crisp, airbrushed style that blended the deta
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-19 11:40:45
From the onset of generative AI's surge in popularity, one application that is fun and easy to use has been the AI text-to-media generators. Everyone from business professionals to the average person can partake in the fun experience of creating anything they envision -- from an image to a video -- with a quick text prompt and the touch of a button. Also: 10 key reasons AI went mainstream overnight - and what happens next However, behind what may seem like a harmless experience is a whole lot
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In this photo illustration, the Spotify music app is seen on a phone on June 04, 2024 in New York City. Spotify is minting music millionaires. Nearly 1,500 artists generated over $1 million in royalties from Spotify in 2024, the company said Wednesday in its annual Loud and Clear Report. Spotify said more than 80% of the artists in that pool didn't have a song reach the app's Global Daily Top 50 chart. "Spotify has helped level the playing field for artists at every stage of their careers,"
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