Artificial Intelligence

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Eva & Franco Mattes are bonafide experts in ragebait and cat memes

From Italian brainrot to NPC streams, the artist duo’s new show in Venice plumbs the depths of the internet and shines a light on its uncanny contradictions

May 05, 2026

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

‘Chat was my backbone’: People are now using AI for awkward conversations

From friendship dilemmas to sticky work situations, young people are turning to AI for help navigating life’s messiest interactions

May 01, 2026

Isabel Bekele

Life & Culture

Building a cyberdeck is the most punk thing you can do right now

The DIY tech community is saying fuck you to billionaire ‘broligarchs’ by making their own computers

Apr 22, 2026

Kara Shanahan

Life & Culture

Wait, whose life is frictionless?

Frictionmaxxing, an active rebellion against today’s technology-fueled convenience culture, is a hot topic online – but friction is unevenly distributed, making it not as simple as just ‘choosing inconvenience’

Apr 16, 2026

Laura Pitcher

Beauty

Would you let AI help you choose your next tattoo?

AI image generation is changing the tattoo process – but a lot can get lost when we outsource our individuality and taste

Apr 08, 2026

Sophie Wilson

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Music

K-pop has an AI problem

From music videos and A&R processes to a new breed of AI idol svengalis, artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming an unavoidable aspect of K-pop

Apr 03, 2026

Taylor Glasby

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Art & Photography

5 of the most boundary-pushing artists at Art Basel Hong Kong

The Asia debut of Zero 10 brings together facial recognition artworks, epic sculptures about humanity’s future, and digital paintings that reach deep into our past

Mar 31, 2026

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

AI-Sexual: How is AI expanding our understanding of sexuality?

A new study by Joi AI, a company specialising in AI erotica, suggests that artificial intelligence is already changing the face of desire

Mar 30, 2026

Isabel Bekele

Life & Culture

AI isn’t replacing workers – it’s making them compete

With fear of being ‘phased out’ of rapidly AI-integrated workforces, people are scrambling to secure their place as one of the few ‘valuable’ humans left

Mar 12, 2026

Laura Pitcher

Life & Culture

How AI is changing the face of grief

People are turning to ‘griefbots’ trained on the data of deceased loved ones to cope with loss – but are the companies behind this technology playing fast and loose with ethics?

Mar 10, 2026

Laura Molloy

Life & Culture

Is it finally time to boycott ChatGPT?

Leading AI companies aren’t just helping you with your homework – they’re signing $200 million deals with the Department of War

Mar 05, 2026

Thom Waite

Music

beabadoobee used to have a secret Zayn Malik fan account

For our new Chopped Or Not video series, the indie musician runs through some of the things she loves and hates

Mar 05, 2026

Halima Jibril

Art & Photography

This collective is radically rethinking what it means to make art

We spoke with Restless Egg, an ‘artist-founder’ incubator looking to the tech world for inspiration and aiming to build ‘venture-backable, scalable companies and products’, from robot dog fights to AI aquariums. Is this the future of art?

Feb 19, 2026

Thom Waite

Fashion

Is fashion ready for the rise of AI stylists?

With more and more people heading to ChatGPT for fashion advice, brands and retailers are unleashing AI styling tools to take over your wardrobes. Will this make fashion more stale, risk-averse and boring?

Feb 10, 2026

Eleni Leokadia

Life & Culture

The new relationship dealbreaker: using ChatGPT

As we learn more about the potential harms of generative AI, some of us are losing patience with peers and loved ones who continue to use tools like ChatGPT

Jan 20, 2026

Jordan Page