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1 week agoMeet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
A University of Alaska student destroyed AI-assisted artwork in a gallery by eating images, was arrested for criminal mischief, and faces state prosecution.
Early Wednesday morning, a 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling the word "DEMOCRACY" was transported from a New York studio to the National Mall by artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, known as LigoranoReese. To deliver the metaphor, the artists had partnered with Up In Arms, an organization started by Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen, who is known as much for his activism as his ice cream.