Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting

We work with artists, designers, reporters, and editors to produce investigations that push the boundaries of traditional journalism and storytelling.

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

Delighted to share Pretty Vacant a two-part limited podcast series presented by the artist @mollycrabapple. The series focuses on how AI is destabilising the world of work and considers the impact on society these technologies will have.

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

A year after our AI Illustration Letter, we are launching a major symposium on art and AI. The event is free and open to the public. Please join us!

[The Syllabus @syllabus_tweets]

Our Hidden Gem of the Week substantiates an argument made by professional artists against the development and use of AI image generators: they rely on a poorly camouflaged form of stealing creative labor.

By @errantcanadian

https://t.co/NVeIontJYr

[Jake @jakecharlesrees]

Great piece on the biggest art heist of the century featuring our open letter with @mollycrabapple

[neil turkewitz @neilturkewitz]

Wow, as a fan of both @mollycrabapple & the Sex Pistols (Pretty Vacant), this looks amazing.
cc: @bcmerchant

[neil turkewitz @neilturkewitz]

“AI-art generators are trained on enormous datasets, containing millions upon millions of copyrighted images, harvested w/o their creator’s knowledge—let alone compensation or consent. This is effectively the greatest art heist in history.”
—@art_inquiry
https://t.co/sugkoC0K7y)

[Kate Knibbs 🏄🏻‍♀️ @Knibbs]

looking to speak to artists who have tried to opt out of Meta's AI training and had trouble doing so! Feel free to DM me here or email me at [email protected]

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

Thrilled to sit down to discuss how generative AI is being used to undermine artists and workers—and how this is but the latest chapter in a 200-year-old struggl—with modern day Queen Ludd @MollyCrabapple, for the first episode of her new podcast series, Pretty Vacant.

[Jake @jakecharlesrees]

Today we released the first episode of the @art_inquiry podcast Pretty Vacant. Shout out to @MarisaMazriaK @mollycrabapple and @bcmerchant for putting together such an interesting conversation on everything from reframing Luddism to cabbies and AI. Available now!

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

In the first episode Molly speaks with @latimes tech columnist @bcmerchant about his newly released book "Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech"

🔊 Now available: https://t.co/lKDoYnTBS8

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

Delighted to share Pretty Vacant a two-part limited podcast series presented by the artist @mollycrabapple. The series focuses on how AI is destabilising the world of work and considers the impact on society these technologies will have.

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

This week @jakecharlesrees spoke to @allanaakh about artists, AI image generators and our work with @mollycrabapple

[The Juggernaut @thejuggernaut]

🤖 With the rise of #ChatGPT, #DALL-E, and #Midjourney, addressing bias in #artificialintelligence is more pressing than ever. But the solution isn’t so clear.

@allanaakh reports:

https://t.co/M8Xc3vR3sF

[R. I. Huerta @ihuertaz]

Have you taken a look at the Centre for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting, @art_inquiry?
It's a brilliant initiative at the intersection between journalism and art, where aesthetic investigation is producing some of its most powerful stories. See more here
https://t.co/q8rgJlrVRN

[ARTE es ÉTICA @ArteEsEtica]

@JonLamArt @mollycrabapple El 21 de abril, @mollycrabapple viajó a Perugia (Italia) para hablar en el @journalismfest junto a @MarisaMazriaK @art_inquiry sobre las amenazas a las que nos enfrentamos con el rápido desarrollo de la tecnología de Inteligencia Artificial

https://t.co/KG3ris0POV

[Louis Coiffait-Gunn @LouisMMCoiffait]

'...some of the regulatory tools that governments can introduce immediately – including full transparency about what data sets are being used to train the models' @NaomiAKlein @guardian #AI #EthicalAI @DAIRInstitute @jakecharlesrees https://t.co/R08gZfqlzd

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

We couldn’t be more proud to see @jakecharlesrees take part in this initiative!

[Jake @jakecharlesrees]

Feeling very lucky to join this brilliant group of movers and shakers for the AKO Storytelling fellowship at @UAL later in the year

[Jake @jakecharlesrees]

Feeling very lucky to join this brilliant group of movers and shakers for the AKO Storytelling fellowship at @UAL later in the year

[Center for Artistic Inquiry & Reporting @art_inquiry]

1000s of writers have signed a letter asking A.I. companies like OpenAI and Meta to stop using their work without permission or compensation 📝👇

https://t.co/cxi2e97Rtg

[Sanjana @sanjanamv]

📢 Come work with us 📢 We're looking for a new visual lead to join our investigations unit!!