In an essay on the merits of playing copycat published in the February Harper's, Jonathan Lethem traced the origins of American pop to the "open source" culture of blues and jazz and noted that recording techniques, which allowed for literal duplication of sounds, have steadily enhanced the artful cribbing pop's innovators employ. [read post]

Internet and Social Media Research conducted by the communications company Fenimore Harper found that over 100 deepfake adverts depicting Rishi Sunak were promoted to an estimated 400,000 social media users in the last month, the Guardian reports. [read post]