AI in the arts
From cloning romance authors to YouTube piracy, AI is transforming audiobooks
Almost one in five Australian audiobook listeners have listened to an AI narrated audiobook.
The threat and promise of AI: an extract from Anna Goldsworthy’s Quarterly Essay
In this extract from her essay for Quarterly Essay, writer, pianist and artistic director Anna Goldsworthy muses on what it…
AI might have just won a literary prize – is this writing's Deep Blue moment?
Recent high-profile discussion around AI use in literature has raised uncomfortable questions.
National Cultural Policy review 2026: submission tips, with AI set to find ‘common themes’
With AI parsing 'common themes and issues' in submissions to the National Cultural Policy review, Freeplay has offered some useful…
Artists can help us fight AI's existential threats
AI has brought rapid cultural change but one thing remains the same – artists can help us grapple with the…
How AI poetry betrays our desire for human connection
Think you can tell the difference between Emily Dickinson and AI poetry?
Hey Orwell: thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold
Orwell imagined 'novel-writing machines' capable of mass-producing literature – and here we are, in 2026 ...
What local game developers really think about using GenAI artworks as ‘placeholders’
As AAA studios are called out for leaving GenAI placeholder artwork in their games, local developers talk to ScreenHub about…
Dragon I review: one man and an AI assistant at Perth Festival
In Dragon I, Adam Kelly tries to deliver a comedic lecture on dragons... until AI gets in the way.
Art and AI: looking back at the major developments in 2025
ArtsHub reflects on significant turning points in the debate around art and AI in 2025.