Complex

FN Meka Is Just the Beginning: The Problem With Augmented Reality Artists

On Aug. 22, Capitol Records announced its newest signee, FN Meka—the world’s first augmented reality (AR) rapper. Two days later, the label “severed ties” with the rapper, citing relentless online ...
Computerworld

Microsoft and the Taylor Swift genAI deepfake problem

The faked images of singer Taylor Swift that showed up online are likely just the beginning of a coming swarm of deepfakes. Don’t look to Microsoft to do much about the problem. The last few weeks ...
WUNC

It took just five years for the State Health Plan’s billion-dollar surplus to become a deficit. What happened?

When it started the year, the plan was deep in a fiscal hole, now this year’s hole has been filled. But plan leaders ...
City Journal

The Problem of Hyper-Individualism

In May, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm about what he called “the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country.” Under Murthy’s direction, the ...
Wall Street Journal

The Pandemic Is Two Years Old. Baseball’s Vaccination Problem Is Just Beginning.

Major League Baseball players have been more reluctant to take the Covid-19 vaccine than their counterparts in any of the other American professional sports. Now that decision could have a significant ...