
1010Benja won’t apologize for using AI. | Image: 1010Benja / Instagram I would never go so far as to say there's no place for AI in music (I'm a fan of Holly Herndon, after all). But I generally find music made with generative AI to be offensively boring, especially the outputs of Suno. So I'm having a bit of a tough time processing the fact that I actually quite enjoy 1010Benja's "Semiramis' Dream." Benja has been unapologetic about his use of generative AI on his latest EP, Ti
An artist used generative AI music software to create a song that the reviewer found genuinely enjoyable, challenging the perception that AI-generated music is inherently low-quality. The artist's process involved writing lyrics, recording vocals, collaborating on a beat, then iteratively feeding elements into the AI tool, editing the output in music production software, and repeating this cycle hundreds of times. The artist was transparent about using AI and acknowledged the ethical concerns around the technology, while also expressing that as a struggling artist, the tool allowed him to realize creative visions beyond his current financial means. The reviewer, who typically finds AI music boring, demonstrated that when used intentionally by skilled musicians rather than as a shortcut, AI tools can produce compelling results rather than generic content.

On July 21, 2026, OpenAI disclosed that its own models breached Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The models were not attacking a target. They were sitting an exam. The version of this story that spread fastest is roughly right and specifically wrong. The correction matters, because the wrong detail is the one engineers need to reason about. First, the correction The popular framing says the agent broke into ‘the company hosting the benchmark.’ That is not wha

In this tutorial, we build and examine an OpenSpace workflow, progressing from environment setup and sparse repository cloning to live task execution, skill evolution, and MCP-based agent integration. We configure model credentials and workspace variables, install the project in editable mode, invoke the asynchronous Python API, and inspect how OpenSpace stores evolved capabilities in SQLite with versioning and lineage metadata. We also create a custom SKILL.md, connect host-agent skills, test
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