My list of digital media news

1. Pushing Boundaries: New Media Artists Changing the Art Landscape | Widewalls The article traces the evolution of new media art—from early electronic and kinetic experiments to contemporary uses of robotics, AR/VR, and AI—and highlights how the field has continuously expanded the definitions of artistic practice. It spotlights key artists whose work blends activism, identity, feminism, Afrofuturism, and social commentary, demonstrating new media’s capacity for cultural critique as well as aesthetic innovation. Ultimately, it argues that new media art is reshaping not just what art looks like, but how it functions in society—engaging viewers, shifting power dynamics, and pushing the boundaries of authorship.
   

2. Could There Ever Be an AI Artist? The article revisits the “tool problem” in art, arguing that AI changes the relationship between artist and medium by allowing machines to perform acts of judgment, pattern recognition, and “vision” formerly reserved for humans. AI systems—especially via advances in computer vision and neural networks—can discriminate and generate imagery in ways beyond human perception, unsettling assumptions about what constitutes creativity and authorship. Ultimately, the piece questions whether machines might not just assist in art making—but be co-creators, complicating the boundaries between tool, collaborator, and artist.