I expected a room full of machine god worshippers at Barcelona's Claude Community House. I found musicians, lawyers and therapists wrestling with the same questions I am, and it gave me some hope.

Apple’s move Yesterday, September 9, was Apple's 'Surprise and Shine' event. After years of watching competitors run ahead with a technology, Apple finally showed up, convinced it could arrive late a...

A cinematic audio tour of Barcelona. Walk through the city Gaudí actually lived in — his workshops, his confessional, the places and people that shaped him. Pre-order now, launching June 2026.

Reflecting on the fragile nature of digital creation after a major hardware failure. I explore how to navigate the current era of AI abundance through three guiding principles: Intention, Trust, and C...

The fatal shooting of another Minneapolis resident by federal agents follows weeks of violent and abusive immigration enforcement actions throughout the city.

It has been a wild year for AI and visual storytelling. When OpenAI’s Sora video model dropped in late 2024 we had the abstract “Gold Record” from Paul Trillo and a clever video from Shy Kids about a ...

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Last week, I attended the two-day Upscale Conf in Málaga, Spain, hosted by Freepik. Freepik has completely reinvented itself over the past year; with its clean interface and access to leading models,...

The rise in sophisticated generative AI media tools and the exponential volume of content they produce is driving a paradigm shift in our societal relationship with digital information. When AI deepfa...

I’m launching something new today: Origen Story, a creative studio aimed at navigating AI's impact on visual storytelling and developing ethical frameworks through hands-on, fact-based work.  To unde...

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Their families are forced to live in the dark, without any information about their loved ones, not even whether they are still alive or not.

Water has long been a vulnerability for the tropical island nation of Singapore.

Documenting Devastation and Loss in Mariupol

Agriculture feeds 8 billion people every day, but also threatens wild animals and plants because of the resources needed to raise our food, especially meat. The AP reported from five continents to bet...