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Ars Electronica, in scale from microcosm to epic, examines a planet on the edge

Ars Electronica is vast - and this year doubly so, as it tackled topics from planetary climate down to microscopic...

Locally sourced: you can now run Stable Diffusion AI art generation on your M1 Mac

It's got a one-click installer, runs locally, requires "no dependencies or technical knowledge," and crucially, doesn't talk to the cloud....

Techno meets graphic novel: Alan Oldham’s Johnny Gambit is back to the future

1986, Chicago. Hot Comics. Inside the sleeve of a Rhythim is Rhythim 12-inch. Private detective Johnny G is always popping...

NASA’s Webb telescope could transform how we imagine digital art, along with our cosmos

Amidst meaningful and justified disenchantment with digital media, NASA's Webb offers a different course for understanding our relationship with technology....

Artist uses AI to perfectly fake 70s science fiction pulp covers – artwork and titles

It’s algorithmic, generative 70s sci-fi pulp, courtesy OpenAI. Artist Lewis tells us about how it was done. Meanwhile, see how...

One artist is making insane, impossible, hilarious KORG volca mock-ups

None of this is legal or licensed... or real. Some of it is straight-up impossible. But this fanciful library of...