Coin Prices

BNB

$213.85

0.01%

XRP

$0.501042

-0.62%

OKB

$42.96

-0.05%

EOS

$0.567018

-0.09%

Pepe

$0.00000072

-4.50%

NEM

$0.02541857

0.98%

WAX

$0.0413572

2.44%

IOST

$0.00711092

0.49%

Kin

$0.0000128

-2.64%

Bonk

$0.00000019

-7.26%

OST

$0.00031914

-1.29%
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Deep Dives

Deep dives into Web 3.0, future and present.

Profiles

The Man Who Bought 100 CryptoPunks—Before They Were Famous

“I was just a guy having fun behind his computer,” Dan Polko told Decrypt. “I never imagined everything that was going to happen.” Polko bought 100 CryptoPunks, worth millions at their peak, back when nobody cared about the iconic NFT collection. The French native discovered CryptoPunks just a few days after they were first released in June 2017, after reading an article. As an early adopter of Bitcoin and a keen follower of Ethereum, Polko’s interests naturally gravitated towards NFTs. To him,...

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Sep 12, 2023

Long Reads

LACMA's Latest NFT Experiment Brings Fresh Eyes to Paul Klee's Art

Since launching this spring, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s "Remembrance of Things Future" program has invited numerous digital artists to select iconic works from the museum’s permanent collection and riff on them with the aid of experimental technologies. Today marks the debut of the series’ fifth entry: "Distance," a meditation by the French digital artist William Mapan on Paul Klee’s 1914 watercolor, "In the Kairouan Style, Transposed in a Moderate Way." The collection will consist o...

by Sander Lutz ·

Sep 11, 2023

Long Reads

AI Is Racist, Experts Say. Here's Why

Artificial intelligence systems are being embedded with racist tendencies, causing machines to replicate human biases, experts warn. And as AI adoption soars, it could run the risk of perpetuating racial imbalance through a tool many believe will help advance civilization. In a recently deleted BuzzFeed article, the author used AI image generation tool Midjourney to create depictions of Barbie dolls from different countries—and the results weren't well received. The German Barbie wore a Nazi SS...

by Ryan S. Gladwin ·

Sep 11, 2023

Long Reads

Hologram Runway Wows Crowds at Amsterdam Fashion Week

Beside the Keizersgracht canal in the heart of Amsterdam, inside the 18th-century cultural house Felix Meritis, more than 1,000 total attendees recently packed in to watch a fashion show starring no one.  Attendees of the event, which closed Amsterdam Fashion Week last weekend over four performances, filed into a room featuring a large catwalk bifurcated by a translucent screen. As the show commenced, lights darkened and six projectors (three on each side of the stage) fired away, simulating the...

by Sander Lutz ·

Sep 4, 2023

Long Reads

The Indie Film Studio Pioneering AI-Powered 'Synth-Assisted Production'

The film industry is currently abuzz with the implications of artificial intelligence, with filmmakers predicting the advent of AI-generated movies while actors and writers voice fears that the technology threatens their jobs. Into the midst of this tumult comes “synth-assisted production” studio Pigeon Shrine, which uses AI tools and other technologies to streamline workflows. This, the company says, allows it “to channel all of our energy towards the creative aspects of production that demand...

by Stephen Graves ·

Sep 3, 2023

Profiles

Fine Dining and Digital Art: Trevor Jones' Castle Party Returns

From September 3 to 5, the magnificent Château de Vallery—a stone's throw from Paris—will welcome some of the biggest names in digital art. From Jenni Pasanen and Shavonne Wong to Basileus and others—including prestigious surprise guests that have been promised—an array of contemporary creators will enjoy the festivities this weekend. The mastermind behind the who’s who of digital art is none other than Trevor Jones. The idea behind the “Castle Party” was born two years ago after the successful...

by Mattis Meichler ·