Molly Crabapple’s world of art and action
The artist returns to her roots with ‘The Chair Series,’ an intimate meditation on human connection amidst political upheaval
Artists are poisoning AI image generators with Nightshade
The tool sabotages machine learning models from the inside, causing them to break in unprecedented ways
Inside Arca’s immersive takeover of the Park Avenue Armory
Billed as her most personal performance yet, ‘Mutant;Destrudo’ is a testament to transformation
Bloom’s kinky chatbots want to expand your sexual horizons
The erotic audio company recently launched a series of AI-powered characters intent on one thing: fulfilling your deepest desires
A night out with Nation of Language
The synth-pop trio join Document to discuss their enduring inspirations, courting chaos, and their new album, ‘Strange Disciple’
For Raul Lopez, church is wherever you find heaven
Inside Luar’s rave-ready Spring/Summer 2024 presentation, redefining the sublime from a Brooklyn warehouse
Inside ALL DOLLED UP, New York’s first trans-only strip club experience
Curated by Ruby Zarsky and produced by Unter, the pop-up pushed back against the exclusionary policies that prevent trans women from working the pole
Mastercard’s policies are a danger to sex workers, and your freedom of speech
The ACLU has filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, urging an investigation into its discriminatory practices
The micro-trends we never asked for
Media coverage implies that ‘tomato girl summer’ and ‘blueberry milk nails’ are being embraced on TikTok—but the girlies aren’t so sure
‘Bottoms’ flips the script on the teen sex comedy
Emma Seligman’s latest film proves that amidst shifting cultural norms, raunchy flicks still have a place at the box office
AI art can’t be copyrighted, according to a federal judge
Amidst SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, last week’s ruling indicates a sea change in the AI intellectual property debate
TikTok’s “mind-reading” algorithm is about to change
The app’s new opt-out policy for EU users is a step forward for cognitive liberty—but will it stop users from trading privacy for entertainment?
Sophia Giovannitti on sex, art, and labor
Working across mediums, the author of ‘Working Girl’ grapples with the contradictions of life under capitalism—complicating notions of consent in a totalizing system
Remembering Jamie Reid, the creative renegade who forged punk’s visual identity
From direct action to anti-establishment album covers, the artist and activist waged a 50-year war on social injustice
Lee Pace contains multitudes
Hollywood’s most versatile actor joins Document to discuss the complexity of the mind, transcending traditional gender roles, and the characters he never forgot
‘Barbie’ was a great movie—should that worry us?
How a film commissioned by a children’s toy brand become the blockbuster of the summer, and what that means for the future of cinema
Caroline Calloway lies to tell the truth
In the wake of ‘Scammer,’ the memoirist joins Document to set the record straight—again
The battle for the soul of Hollywood
A dystopian AI proposal raises questions about what happens to creative industries when all but the most recognizable figures are deemed disposable
At the Chelsea Hotel, queer subculture continues to thrive
Inside the clandestine parties keeping the creative spirit of the space alive, decades after its illustrious heydey
Hot girls walked so girl dinner could run
The TikTok trend champions imperfection, suggesting fatigue around aspirational online content and desire to find pleasure in the everyday
The Japanese House wants to hold onto heartbreak
On new album ‘In The End It Always Does,’ Amber Bain charts the trajectory of a queer love story, from beginning to bittersweet end
How should we feel about OceanGate?
As news of the missing sub unfolded, millions grappled with the choice between empathy, and reveling in the the poetic justice of a modern-day parable
The queer performers keeping the Chelsea’s subversive legacy alive
Decades after its heyday, the historic hotel serves as a safe haven for burlesque and sideshow artists to perform their most transgressive acts
Jessica Stoya and Samantha Cole on sex, tech, and censorship
The adult industry experts join Document to discuss the internet’s horny history and the shadowy forces that determine what kind of porn you see
Blush wants to teach you how to flirt
The dating simulator is the latest of several AI apps aimed at improving your game—but its chatbots are anything but smooth
Meet Rayne Fisher-Quann, the people’s (internet) princess
The Canadian essayist joins Document to discuss online culture, the modern mental health landscape, and playing a character who just happens to be herself
The curious case of hallucinating chatbots
Microsoft Bing went off the rails, and Google’s Bard made an error in its first public demo—yet search engines are still racing to integrate AI
True crime TikTokers are employing AI to resurrect murder victims
Deepfakes, which have long been used to create explicit content without consent, are now being leveraged to craft a new kind of trauma porn
A tech bro created an AI-powered clone of his own girlfriend
The framework for the project, dubbed ‘GirlfriendGPT,’ is now available online, spurring concerns about consent in the era of customized chatbots
Remembering Kenneth Anger, an icon of queer cinematic counterculture
The groundbreaking filmmaker believed movies were “evil” and likened his practice to the “casting of a spell”—the influence of which is imbued across visual culture
How voice cloning is changing the music industry
Universal Music Group just inked a deal with Endel AI—further cementing a revolution in modern listening habits and intellectual property laws alike
Amidst a rise in cybercrime, researchers trained an AI on the dark web
Having scoured the internet’s seedy underbelly, DarkBERT suggests that, in the future, AI may play an even bigger role in online policing
Misha Japanwala wants you to be without shame
In her new exhibition, the artist documents the bodies of those who have worked to forge a more liberated society in her native Karachi
At Club Onyx, Adrienne Raquel documents the reality behind the strip club’s fantasy
Previously on view at Fotografiska, the photography series is now available in the form of a monograph
Artists and journalists call for the restriction of AI illustration in publishing
In an open letter, Molly Crabapple and Mazria Katz advocate against the use of the technology in journalism, a medium long defined by human storytellers
Claire Dederer’s ‘Monsters’ is a story about us
The author set out to write a book about the art of monstrous men—in the process, she rendered a complex portrait of humanity
‘The Godfather of AI’ speaks out about the dangers of the technology he helped create
Geoffrey Hinton has left Google, joining the chorus of industry leaders warning against the race to deploy new AI models
Pornhub blocks access in Utah to protest new age verification laws
The legislation chips away at the right to privacy online—raising questions about the cost of making the internet safe for children
Inside TRANSFIX, the world’s largest touring immersive art experience
Set in a multi-level labyrinth off the Las Vegas strip, the event’s inaugural edition is a choose-your-own-adventure featuring art from over 50 creators
Spotify has a fake artist problem
Users are encountering AI-generated songs by artists that don’t exist—many of which are being aggressively promoted by the platform’s algorithm
‘Beef’ star David Choe admitted to raping a woman—and he just got the proof taken off Twitter
After clips of his problematic comments resurfaced on social media, the actor attempted to silence his accusers by reporting the content for ‘copyright infringement’
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world
Fed up with the ineffectiveness of peaceful protest, a group of young activists decide to burn it all down for the sake of our future
Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives
The ChatGPT-powered characters go to work, flirt, and throw Valentine’s day parties—forecasting new uses for AI in the study of human behavior
The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT
When companies put sexual restrictions chatbots, users race to get around them—but there are other side effects to disabling the technology’s guardrails
Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes
Charged with falsifying data to close a $175 billion deal, the young founder is the latest 30-Under-30 winner to be arrested for financial crimes
How do you moderate a chatbot?
In banning renderings of Chinese president Xi Jinping worldwide, Midjourney sparked debate about the policing of AI-generated content—and the line between regulation and censorship
Amidst calls to halt the advancement of generative tech, a chatbot convinced a man to kill himself
This incident comes in the wake of an open letter from AI experts, urging technologists to halt developments beyond GPT-4 ‘for the good of humanity’
Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company
In the era of e-commerce, payment processors have become the internet’s unofficial content moderators—because when banks threaten to revoke service, platforms listen
Why can’t sex workers find a bank?
Following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, another shutdown went unnoticed: that of SpankPay, one of the few payment platforms catering to the adult industry
