The coming year may see a growing backlash at artificial intelligence, noted Politico recently. The anti-AI reaction includes angst over data centers that provide the infrastructure for AI growth and the growing glut of fake content on social media-especially images. But public concern with fake imagery didn't begin with Photoshop or AI. More than 100 years ago, a doctored image of President William Taft nearly led to a national ban on fake photos. In 1912, a U.S. senator actually introduced a bill that would, in his words, "prohibit the making, showing or distributing of fraudulent photograph."

  Thursday, January 15, 6-9pm: Anita Kunz | Evolution at Philippe Labaune Philippe Evolution, a solo exhibition by Canadian artist and longtime AI contributor, Anita Kunz, brings together decades of work that explores evolution as a living system, one shaped by continual change, expansion, and recalibration. Kunz is internationally recognized for her editorial illustrations for such magazines as: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Time, alongside a deeply personal studio practice. The ex...