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Forbes
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
New AI Art Resource Offers A Central Meeting Spot For Creatives
Abstract illustration of low poly AI with line art icons. As AI art continues to morph into outré forms as it explodes across the creative landscape, a central gathering spot for artists has emerged from the tumult. AI Art Magazine recently launched 'What's On?' a section showcasing global AI art exhibitions, events and festivals. 'With this initiative, we aim to provide a central platform where artists, curators, institutions and audiences can discover what's happening in the field,' says the magazine's c0-founder, Mike Brauner, who heads the Hamburg-based creative agency, Polardots Studio. The resource hub is meant to be inclusive. 'Anyone can contribute,' adds Brauner, whose print-only publication launched in late 2024 with the help of co-founder Christoph Grünberger. 'By making this space open and accessible, we hope to foster connection, visibility and collaboration.' The German-based AI Art Magazine launched in late 2024. About 40 events and exhibitions are listed on the site. A few examples: Mesh, Festival for Art and Technology. The Swiss-based event is planned for October 2026 at the Freilager-Platz public square in Münchenstein, Switzerland. Titled "urban actions | spatial utopias' the group's second event will explore the intersection between virtual and physical spaces. Smart city concepts will be unveiled—transformed by AI into 'democratic ecosystems.' The group exhibition AImagine opened at Hangar Art Center in Brussels, Belgium on January 24 and runs until June 15, 2025. The 18 selected projects examine AI-influenced photography. 'The show investigates how AI tools can both challenge and expand the boundaries of photographic practice, blurring the lines between fiction and reality,' states the event's website. The exhibition also aims to raise questions about the authenticity and authorship of art, and how that blend will transform visual culture. A work by Vlady Dupuy, exhibited at The AI Art Magazine's Global Fusion Tour, Hamburg. Among the works on view will be François Bellabas' Protomaton, an AI-powered photo booth that captures images while allowing spectators to interact with it. The result? Machine-generated images that reinterpret the spectators' choices. Also featured: works by Jordan Beal (Lineaments, 2024). Beal photographs computer screens while AI art is being generated. The blurry result evokes dreamy landscapes. 'His work challenges what we see and the invisible mechanisms that shape our perception, with an aesthetic that is both captivating and unsettling,' reads the Hangar Art Center website. Berlin-based Galerie Met is collaborating with Prompt Forum, which hosts monthly AI art competitions, to mount a show from May 24 to June 7, 2025. The photography exhibition, 'Synthetic Realities: Authenticity in the Age of AI Imagery,' will be held at Galerie Met's exhibition space in Berlin. The show, as with many others, explores the topic of authenticity, and what that means 'in a world where the synthetic and the real seamlessly blend,' according to Galerie Met's website. Creative work exhibited at the Global Fusion Tour, sponsored by The AI Art Magazine. The 176-page AI Art Magazine accepts artwork via an open-call basis. About 50 works are selected by jurors who work in AI and related fields. They include Sara Giusto, a producer at Aww Inc. who was featured in Forbes Japan's '30 Under 30' list in 2023. Aww Inc. creates virtual human influencers (think perky avatars with pink-bobbed hair) that collaborate with such brands as IKEA, Calvin Klein and Porsche, Japan. The magazine's juror pool includes one AI-generated judge, Xiaomi, who sports large brown eyes and a flat affect. The German-based magazine, which sells for €22, is accepting submissions for its second issue—an open call held from June 2 to June 30, 2025. AI Art Magazine also sponsors the 'Global Fusion Tour,' an international event series that explores the intersection between art and technology. The first event in the series was held at the Hamburg-based Design Zentrum exhibition space on February 20, 2025. A panel discussion examined how AI 'opens up new possibilities for self-exploration, questioning how digital identities are constructed and reimagined,' states the magazine's website. 'Human Cell Atlas' exhibition, organized by Ouchhh Studio's co-founders Ferdi Alici and Eylul Duranagac Alici, is exhibited at Art Dubai on February 29, 2024. The second event, held in Vienna over three days in late April, was titled 'Empowering Creative Futures with AI in Art and Culture.' It concluded with a hands-on workshop where participants could build and then train AI art curators. More events are planned in Tokyo and Mexico City for later in 2025.
CBS News
25-03-2025
- CBS News
DNA testing identifies body found in Detroit nearly 7 years ago
Nearly seven years after a body was found on Detroit's east side, DNA testing was able to identify the person. Othram Inc., a Texas-based company that specializes in forensic genealogy, identified the body as 26-year-old Tiffany Tillmon. According to a news release, skeletal remains were found by an AT&T worker in September 2018 behind a vacant home on Camden Street. At the time of the discovery, investigators identified the remains belonging to a Black woman between the ages of 17 and 22. In 2023, the Detroit Police Department partnered with Othram Inc. to complete DNA testing. Officials developed a profile using forensic genome sequencing, which investigators used to find a potential relative. DNA from the relative was compared to the profile, resulting in Tillmon's identity. CBS News Detroit reached out to Detroit police for comment on the case and is waiting to hear back. According to Othram, the case was the 17th in Michigan, where officials used the company for testing. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office used Othram to identify skeletal remains found in 1986. The remains were identified as Shaun Daniel Brauner, a Detroit man who the family last saw in June 1986. Medical examiners ruled Brauner's death was caused by blunt force trauma to the head and ruled the death a homicide. "The Brauner family wishes to express their deep gratitude to Detective Hooper for his relentless commitment to finding answers, to Detective Rozum for his early involvement, and to the team at Othram Laboratories for their technological expertise," the family said in a statement. "Shaun was 29 years old at the time of his death—a beloved son, brother, uncle, and fiancé. After 38 years, the family is grateful to finally be able to bring Shaun home, lay him to rest with dignity, and find the closure they have long sought." In January, the company helped identify two other remains . The body of Robert Booker Jr. was found found 27 years ago in a vacant apartment building in Detroit. Booker's case involves partial human remains found in May 1998 as a construction crew demolished a vacant apartment building near East Grant Boulevard and Ferry Street in Detroit, the agency says. Meanwhile, a body found badly burned in March 1981 was later identified as Jerry Tate. The manner of death was determined to be homicide.
CBS News
13-03-2025
- CBS News
Homicide victim identified in 1986 Monroe County cold case
Michigan authorities have identified a homicide victim whose remains were found in a wooded area in Monroe County in 1986. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Thursday the victim was identified as Shaun Daniel Brauner, a Detroit man who was last seen by his family in June 1986. Brauner's remains were found on Oct. 17, 1986, after a resident reported finding possible skeletal remains in a wooded lot on Lewis Avenue in Ida, Michigan. At the time of the discovery, investigators could only identify the remains as belonging to a white man between the ages of 35 and 45 years old. Medical examiners ruled Brauner's death was caused by blunt force trauma to the head and ruled the death a homicide. After exhausting all leads during their investigation, the sheriff's office sent samples of Brauner's remains to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification for DNA analysis in the fall of 2017. In March 2018, the center was able to extract a DNA sample and submitted the sample to the Combined DNA Index System, also known as CODIS. In the fall of 2019, the case was reassigned to Detective Jeff Hooper, who worked with the Wayne County Medical Examiners Office in an attempt to identify the remains. In 2021, the detective was notified by the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification that the National DNA Index System had made a possible association with a "family reference sample," which belonged to Brauner's sister. Hooper met a family member of Brauner, who told him that her brother had gone missing in June 1986. In November 2024, Monroe County sheriff's detectives sent forensic evidence to Othram labs in The Woodlands, Texas. Scientists were able to produce a DNA extract from the skeletal remains and created a DNA profile using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing. The profile confirmed the relationship between Brauner and his family. Brauner's remains were returned to his family.
