This Week's Sign of the Downfall

Art Official Intelligence 

Last January, a nonbinary AI named Flynn was accepted as a student into Vienna’s University of Applied Arts, and last month, Miles Astray entered a real photo in an AI photo contest to prove humans were still relevant. But his first-place prize was revoked when the judges found out his picture was real. Craziest of all, Grammy-winning producer Timbaland just launched the world’s first AI music label called Stage Zero, which signed TaTa, pictured here, two weeks ago as his first artist. Timbaland calls TaTa a “living, learning, autonomous music artist.” All of this is great news for starving artists who want to be even hungrier, but it’s horrible news for traditional producers like R. Kelly for obvious reasons.