What's real and what's not? The difference matters, especially during a war. This week we noted that AI chatbots were having trouble determining the authenticity of a viral photo showing the cemetery of Minab, Iran, seen as it prepared to bury more than 100 of the town's young girls killed by US bombing, (The photo was real.) The story emerged as fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence overran social networks. The New York Times, which identified over 110 unique AI.-generated war images and videos from the past two weeks, called the situation "chaos."

  You don’t want to miss this email conversation I recently had with Josh Cochran—artist, art director, muralist, educator and AI45 juror. In sharing his thoughts on collecting books and using his library, he also tells a story of childhood dreams come true. And please stay tuned for information about a new project launching soon  Peggy Roalf: As an artist, writer and educator,  you must own a lot of books. How have you structured your librar...