Is resistance to Big Tech futile? As Gen-Z goes in for analog photography, and as opposition to energy- and memory-hungry data centers grows across the country, humans seem to be trying in whatever ways possible to sidestep the march toward a future that seems less human-centered. Futurism recently noted that a new San Francisco restaurant incurred the ire of hangry locals for using outlandish AI-generated images of its food and found itself defaced by graffiti. Meanwhile, the New York Post noted that eyewear brands are pushing new "anti-facial recognition" glasses that foil surveillance cameras. Ironically, one tech company, Nvidia, has gotten into the resistance game with a new tool that detects AI-created video.

If you’ve been looking for an excuse to step inside the former Whitney Breuer Building since Sotheby's New York took it over, the time is now. Botero in New York—curated by Anna Di Stasi, Global Head of Latin American Art—gathers roughly 37 rare, early paintings and several small sculptures made by Fernando Botero (1832-2023) between 1960 and 1973, the years during which the Colombian master lived, struggled, and painted in the Big Apple. And it comes in t...