Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index: Who Controls the Capital Flow in A.I
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Trophy Collections and Luxury Spending Powered Christie’s and Sotheby’s Record Half-Year Results
Just before the art world sailed off for its summer break, the two biggest auction houses posted record half-year results,
ArtMeta: When Digital Art Enters the Canon, Tech Millionaires Will Enter the Market
Those who ventured beyond the main halls of Art Basel to explore Zero10, the mega’s digital art initiative presented this
Ron Arad’s Unconstrained Objects and the Mind Behind Them
“What happens if you have a ping-pong table that is not straight, that has a curve?” Designer Ron Arad never
How A.I.’s Most Powerful Backers Are Preparing for Its Consequences
A.I.’s biggest power players are not leaving the technology’s consequences to governments alone. Through their philanthropy, the same founders and
The New A.I. Power Class Will Be Built on Context, Not Compute
It’s been more than three and a half years since ChatGPT was launched, and now nearly every company has an
Céline Shen and the Art of Living With A.I.
A central element of the debate around A.I. concerns the fear that artificially intelligent machines could develop a form of
The A.I. Founder Starter Pack: How to Make a Uniform Look Like a Strategy
When several hundred of the most powerful people alive gathered in Idaho this month for the Allen & Company conference—the
The Flood of A.I.-Generated Images Will Make Human-Made Art More Precious, Not Less
As a full-time painter and educator, I can say with certainty that technology has completely changed the art world. I
Sean Green Built the Gallery World’s First CRM. Now He’s Building Its First A.I. Agents.
When ARTERNAL founder Sean Green, whose background is in computer science and software engineering, wanted to make inroads into the