Creativity, our last frontier, needs shifting

I’m changing my mind about generative AI. I don’t think hallucination is the show-stopper anymore. I think we are. Perplexity.ai, which I’ve been using as my main AI research assistant, has this month launched a Deep Research tool, essentially an upgraded version of itself, which doesn’t just do a cursory web search and build its … Read more

WTF happened to our music?

Accusations that some big name musical acts have been miming their vocals raises some tricky questions. Popular music is in danger of becoming a parody of itself. Where once we dreamed of a fairer, more equitable landscape, big money is ever more concentrated in the hands of a shrinking group of artists and record companies. … Read more