Wiener's racist AI chatbot attacks Chan
Plus: 'Urinetown' conquers all, Aerial Arts Fest flies high, Adobe Books' experimental sounds
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Today's headlines:
Wiener’s racist, sexist Anthropic AI chatbot attacks Chan–and it’s weird and stupid and gross
By Tim Redmond
Why is nobody in the Democratic Party establishment or the news media calling out Wiener on this?
Aerial Arts Fest flies high on a shoestring and a dream
By Aimée T'sao
Losing NEA funding and artists' reluctance to visit the US can't keep Zaccho's vertical dance celebration down.
Experimental sounds ring out from Adobe Books, for an eager community in the know
By Jess Oledan
Promoter Tonko's unassuming series platforms local musicians with a genre-blurring bent.
Drama Masks: Forget AI, you’re in ‘Urinetown’ now
By Charles Lewis III
Ray of Light's latest triumph is awash with talent. Plus: 'In a Memory Palace' at Z Space used Noh to haunting effect.
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