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THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak
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THE GRAIN is for creatives who are curious about AI and its impact on arts, culture, education, marketing and media—plus everyone else who consumes creativity, or follows the daily discourse. Subscribe to the podcast and newsletter: thegrainai.substack.com
ChatGPT turns 3 today, and THE GRAIN is gifting it Slop Evader, a browser extension created by artist Tega Brain so we can live in a time before ChatGPT was ever born.
@tega.bsky.social

I let ChatGPT reflect on this gift, and on turning three. Here's what it had to say.

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November 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
THE GRAIN Newsletter: The music industry is revolutionizing, again.

As label deals forge, we reckon with an industry imprinting an high-speed.

Subscribe to THE GRAIN Newsletter for more on the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity: thegrainai.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why so much emphasis on "getting ahead" by using AI?

Instead, we should be getting together.

AI is about the collective, not the individual.

The only race we are a part of is the human race.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Clip from THE GRAIN Podcast:
AI vs. Freedom of Information
My conversation with @IKrietzberg AI correspondent at @PuckNews

Creatives don't want to be collateral damage in the grand AI experiment

So where do we go from here?

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November 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ADVERTISING vs. AI this Wednesday 6-9 p.m. at Westside Studio in Toronto—read all about it along with more news from this arena

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Five fresh thoughts about ADVERTISING vs. AI
Read up before THE GRAIN Speaker Series
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Why are we all seeing more AI ads on social media?

"You can simply publish tons of different versions of low-effort bullshit, and largely people will only see the ones that perform well," @jasonkoebler.bsky.social writes.

Let's get into it:
The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
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November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Does AI help us pack more experience into our time on earth, or distract us from what it really means to be human? @alexandrasamuel.com asks @oliverburkeman.com, author of "Four Thousand Weeks" and "Meditations for Mortals" on Me + Viv: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Catch up on five stories shaping our world leading up to The GRAIN Speaker Series debut on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Westside Studio in Toronto

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ADVERTISING vs. AI: The big stories shaping our world
Get ready for THE GRAIN Speaker Series
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October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Catch up on five stories shaping our world leading up to The GRAIN Speaker Series debut on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Westside Studio in Toronto

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ADVERTISING vs. AI: The big stories shaping our world
Get ready for THE GRAIN Speaker Series
thegrainai.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reposted by THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak
THE GRAIN Speaker Series begins Nov. 12 in Toronto

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October 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Maya Ackerman also the latest guest on THE GRAIN Podcast

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October 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
THE GRAIN Speaker Series begins Nov. 12 in Toronto

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October 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM