Naarm-based musician Paul Bender (Hiatus Kaiyote) has begun a tireless and nobel social media call to action, after his project The Sweet Enoughs had their streaming profiles hijacked by what appears to be AI-generated music. Turns out, it's becoming a really common issue; the low barriers for entry of digital distributors and lack of verification processes, combined with the speed and scale of AI content, making it harder for artists to protect their creative identities and autonomy across streaming. Rosetta decides to investigate, chatting with Paul, Dave Gibson from Elemeno P about a similar experience last year, Recorded Music NZ CEO Jo Oliver, and AI Music researcher Dr Fabio Morreale.
Suri's been diving deep into the non-fictions and thoroughly enjoyed Jill Lepore's If Then. A novel about The Simulmatics Corporation, founded in 1959, Jill tackles the heavy topics of mined data and voter profiles.
Political commentator David Slack is on the line chatting to Rachel about the Canal Road trees in Avondale, reports of police profiling and photographing innocent rangatahi, and fresh calls for the decriminalisation of cannabis in Aotearoa. Whakarongo mai!
Martin Sagadin phones up for a chat about their wonderful music videos and film making. You can check out their latest work with Aldous Harding here. Whakarongo mai!
Incredible writer, actor, and director Jackie van Beek has a kōrero about the totally fresh, silly, and suprisingly moving Nude Tuesday. In cinemas tomorrow! You definitely have to go see it. Whakarongo mai nei!
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