When machine learning meets surrealist art meets Reddit, you get DALL-E mini
DALL-E is the AI image generator social media users are employing to crank out bizarre art memes that range from beautiful to horrifying.
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Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo chow their way to victory in Nathan's hot dog eating contest
Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.
Influential theater director Peter Brook dies at 97
Brook's work ranged from classical star-studded productions to radical experiments in theater. He reinvented King Lear and explored the fragility of civilization in the film Lord of the Flies.
In the Greek film 'Apples,' a mysterious condition leaves people without memories
An unnamed man inexplicably loses his memory in this strange and singular film. Apples is about how we deal with grief and loneliness, especially when memory becomes more of a curse than a blessing.
At Madrid's Amor de Dios flamenco center, dancers are finding their rhythm again
The pandemic placed competitive flamenco dancing on pause in Madrid. Now the passion and the intimacy of the artform are back on stage.
Elvis songwriter Mike Stoller looks back on his hits
Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber wrote hit songs for Elvis, along with a whos-who of other artists including Big Mama Thornton, Ben E. King, and more.
'Wait Wait' for July 2, 2022: Back in Philly!
The show is live in Philly this week, and we invited one of the city's heroes. Darryl "Cornbread" McCray is the father of modern graffiti, but what does he know about the game of tag?
Here are the 14 books that NPR staff and critics are loving the most so far this year
Every year, we ask NPR staff and contributors to tell us about their favorite books. From a list of 167 books so far this year, here are the 14 that the most people chose as their top pick.
It only makes sense that 'Running Up That Hill' is everywhere
This year's song of the summer comes to you from 1985.
Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Fat Ham' takes 'Hamlet' in unexpected directions
James Ijames' adaptation of Shakespeare's play is less a tragedy than a triumphant comedy.