Just days after OpenAI dropped ChatGPT in late November 2022, the chatbot was widely denounced as a free essay-writing, test-taking tool that made it laughably easy to cheat on assignments. Los Angeles Unified, the second-largest school district in the US, immediately blocked access to OpenAI’s website from its schools’ network. Others soon joined. By January, school districts
Technology is ubiquitous. Thus it is hardly surprising that it has had a profound influence on the art of music in the twentieth century. It has altered how music is transmitted, preserved, heard, performed, and composed. Less and less often do we hear musical sound that has not at some level been shaped by technology:
Jade’s face peered out at me through the Zoom window, one of 25 faces in an elementary music class that recently went fully remote during the pandemic. Although Jade was only in the fifth grade, she had decided, like many others her age, that she was not into music. Trying to motivate students to learn
For many musicians, the democratization of music production and distribution carried the promise of reaching multitudes of eager fans at the touch of an upload button. Yet with over 40,000 new tracks being uploaded each day, creating a virtually infinite selection of music available on most streaming platforms, breaking through as an artist has in
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Spotify’s annual Stream On event unveiled the platform’s latest announcements, growth numbers, features and celebrity partners live from Los Angeles this week. Starting and ending with CEO Daniel Ek’s unbridled optimism, Stream On 2023 showcased the organization’s innovations – most notably a new TikTok-esque scrollable home screen – and program pivots fronted by key Spotify leaders across
As interest in the metaverse continues to mount, entertainment events, from music to sport, are increasingly taking place in the virtual space The 2018 film Ready Player One, which envisioned a future where people are connected to – and living in – the metaverse, may have been a work of fiction, but with the concept dominating
Online entertainment has rapidly gained immense popularity in recent years, largely due to the convenience and accessibility offered by digital platforms. With the rise of the internet and advances in technology, the way people consume entertainment has changed dramatically. From streaming movies and music to playing online games and betting on sports, there seems to
Chart-topping DJ David Guetta has said "the future of music is in AI" after he used the technology to add a vocal in the style of Eminem to a recent song. The DJ used two artificial intelligence sites to create lyrics and a rap in the style of the US star for a live show.
A pattern we see in many industries is that technology changes alongside culture and society, and this remains true for entertainment. The most obvious to consumers has been the shift from terrestrial television to streaming services like NetflixNFLX -0.8% and AmazonAMZN -1% Prime. The greater flexibility allowed consumers to decouple themselves from an entertainment schedule, being dictated by broadcast
