Digital asset platform Artlist is launching Artlist TV, a streaming platform that appears to be exclusively populated by AI-generated shows.

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A burgeoning news website called the South Florida Standard has disappeared off the internet after an investigation uncovered that all of its reporters were AI-generated.

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After having his registration request rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office, the author of an image that combined a photograph with Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night is suing.

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Manuel Gual posted a photo:

The Quiet Discipline of Japanese Woodworking: A Traditional Joinery Workshop

Description

Inside a serene Japanese woodworking studio, the images reveal the slow, precise, and deeply tactile world of traditional cabinetmaking. Soft natural light filters through shoji screens, illuminating aged wooden workbenches, hand planes, chisels, saws, measuring tools, stacked timber, polished drawers, iron hardware, and carefully assembled joinery. The atmosphere is calm and contemplative, shaped by patience, repetition, and respect for material.

The series follows the full rhythm of artisanal creation: selecting and preparing raw boards, drawing measured plans by hand, sharpening blades on a wet stone, cutting and carving joints, planing long ribbons of wood from a board, assembling drawers and cabinets, fitting metal handles, brushing lacquer, polishing surfaces, and finally presenting finished tansu-style furniture in a quiet tatami room. Every scene emphasizes craftsmanship over speed, touch over machinery, and inherited knowledge over industrial production.

The visual language combines documentary realism with a refined cinematic sensibility. Warm wood tones, indigo work garments, soft diffused daylight, shallow depth of field, sawdust, wood grain, worn tools, and traditional Japanese interiors create an intimate portrait of a craft that feels timeless. The images celebrate not only furniture making, but also the philosophy behind it: restraint, precision, durability, balance, and beauty found in useful objects.

This collection is ideal for themes related to Japanese culture, traditional carpentry, handmade furniture, heritage crafts, sustainable design, woodworking, wabi sabi aesthetics, slow craftsmanship, interior design, and the quiet dignity of manual labor.

The images have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Manuel Gual posted a photo:

The Quiet Discipline of Japanese Woodworking: A Traditional Joinery Workshop

Description

Inside a serene Japanese woodworking studio, the images reveal the slow, precise, and deeply tactile world of traditional cabinetmaking. Soft natural light filters through shoji screens, illuminating aged wooden workbenches, hand planes, chisels, saws, measuring tools, stacked timber, polished drawers, iron hardware, and carefully assembled joinery. The atmosphere is calm and contemplative, shaped by patience, repetition, and respect for material.

The series follows the full rhythm of artisanal creation: selecting and preparing raw boards, drawing measured plans by hand, sharpening blades on a wet stone, cutting and carving joints, planing long ribbons of wood from a board, assembling drawers and cabinets, fitting metal handles, brushing lacquer, polishing surfaces, and finally presenting finished tansu-style furniture in a quiet tatami room. Every scene emphasizes craftsmanship over speed, touch over machinery, and inherited knowledge over industrial production.

The visual language combines documentary realism with a refined cinematic sensibility. Warm wood tones, indigo work garments, soft diffused daylight, shallow depth of field, sawdust, wood grain, worn tools, and traditional Japanese interiors create an intimate portrait of a craft that feels timeless. The images celebrate not only furniture making, but also the philosophy behind it: restraint, precision, durability, balance, and beauty found in useful objects.

This collection is ideal for themes related to Japanese culture, traditional carpentry, handmade furniture, heritage crafts, sustainable design, woodworking, wabi sabi aesthetics, slow craftsmanship, interior design, and the quiet dignity of manual labor.

The images have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Manuel Gual posted a photo:

The Quiet Discipline of Japanese Woodworking: A Traditional Joinery Workshop

Description

Inside a serene Japanese woodworking studio, the images reveal the slow, precise, and deeply tactile world of traditional cabinetmaking. Soft natural light filters through shoji screens, illuminating aged wooden workbenches, hand planes, chisels, saws, measuring tools, stacked timber, polished drawers, iron hardware, and carefully assembled joinery. The atmosphere is calm and contemplative, shaped by patience, repetition, and respect for material.

The series follows the full rhythm of artisanal creation: selecting and preparing raw boards, drawing measured plans by hand, sharpening blades on a wet stone, cutting and carving joints, planing long ribbons of wood from a board, assembling drawers and cabinets, fitting metal handles, brushing lacquer, polishing surfaces, and finally presenting finished tansu-style furniture in a quiet tatami room. Every scene emphasizes craftsmanship over speed, touch over machinery, and inherited knowledge over industrial production.

The visual language combines documentary realism with a refined cinematic sensibility. Warm wood tones, indigo work garments, soft diffused daylight, shallow depth of field, sawdust, wood grain, worn tools, and traditional Japanese interiors create an intimate portrait of a craft that feels timeless. The images celebrate not only furniture making, but also the philosophy behind it: restraint, precision, durability, balance, and beauty found in useful objects.

This collection is ideal for themes related to Japanese culture, traditional carpentry, handmade furniture, heritage crafts, sustainable design, woodworking, wabi sabi aesthetics, slow craftsmanship, interior design, and the quiet dignity of manual labor.

The images have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Manuel Gual posted a photo:

Modular Metal Engineering Models: Vintage Construction Kits, Gears, Bridges and Mechanical Assemblies

Description

A detailed visual series exploring the world of vintage modular metal construction systems, inspired by classic engineering kits, mechanical model building and technical drafting culture. The collection presents carefully arranged perforated metal strips, brass gears, axles, pulleys, bolts, nuts, brackets, wheels, bridge trusses, gearbox assemblies, cranes, vehicle chassis and miniature mechanical structures laid out across workshop tables, blueprint sheets and clean studio surfaces.

The images combine nostalgic industrial design with precision engineering aesthetics: aged metal textures, brushed steel surfaces, brass components, technical drawings, exploded assembly layouts and realistic workshop lighting. The series moves from organized component catalogues and close-up mechanical studies to fully assembled structures such as bridge modules, gearboxes, steering systems, pulley frames, cranes and vintage vehicle models.

The overall mood is technical, educational and tactile, evoking model engineering, mechanical invention, mid-century construction toys, industrial prototyping and hands-on craftsmanship. This set is suitable for themes related to engineering education, mechanical design, STEM learning, vintage technology, maker culture, workshop creativity, structural design and the beauty of functional metal components.

These images have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Manuel Gual posted a photo:

Modular Metal Engineering Models: Vintage Construction Kits, Gears, Bridges and Mechanical Assemblies

Description

A detailed visual series exploring the world of vintage modular metal construction systems, inspired by classic engineering kits, mechanical model building and technical drafting culture. The collection presents carefully arranged perforated metal strips, brass gears, axles, pulleys, bolts, nuts, brackets, wheels, bridge trusses, gearbox assemblies, cranes, vehicle chassis and miniature mechanical structures laid out across workshop tables, blueprint sheets and clean studio surfaces.

The images combine nostalgic industrial design with precision engineering aesthetics: aged metal textures, brushed steel surfaces, brass components, technical drawings, exploded assembly layouts and realistic workshop lighting. The series moves from organized component catalogues and close-up mechanical studies to fully assembled structures such as bridge modules, gearboxes, steering systems, pulley frames, cranes and vintage vehicle models.

The overall mood is technical, educational and tactile, evoking model engineering, mechanical invention, mid-century construction toys, industrial prototyping and hands-on craftsmanship. This set is suitable for themes related to engineering education, mechanical design, STEM learning, vintage technology, maker culture, workshop creativity, structural design and the beauty of functional metal components.

These images have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.

The New York Danziger Gallery displayed for sale an AI-generated version of Ansel Adams' photo "Moonrise Over Hernandez" without consulting the photographer's trust, effectively stealing the legendary artist's work and dramatically altering it with AI for the sake of profit.

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A fascinating art social experiment unfolded on social media this week after someone shared an actual Monet painting as an AI-generated artwork and asked people to explain what makes the "AI image" inferior to a genuine Monet piece. There was no shortage of "sharp-eyed" critics eager to chime in.

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