Artificial IntelligenceApril 17, 2026
AI music is booming, and the player piano saw it coming
As AI songs get harder to tell apart from human-made music, an older technology offers a revealing preview of the fight over artistry, labor and pay
Stories by Steven Melendez
Steven Melendez is an independent journalist based in Chicago.
Artificial IntelligenceMarch 3, 2026
AI was supposed to save coders time. It may be doing the opposite
Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live