New York Summit Agenda Reveal
Hi friends, cyborgs,
Dani here! I’ve been staring at this agenda for a week trying to figure out how to express this, and I keep coming back to the same feeling: I can’t believe we get to do this.
Artist and the Machine started as a simple, almost instinctive idea – the human artist co-creating with the machine. The real and raw exploration of what that could and should be, at a time when our timelines are accelerating in ways we could have never imagined.
The first version of that idea took shape as an enlightenment-inspired Salon, where the people building AI could also be the ones shaping culture. That technical ambition and human creativity don’t have to sit on opposite sides of the table.
That was February 2024, just two days before OpenAI announced SORA (a century ago in AI time), and I remember the energy in that room. Just over two years later, we’ll be back in Brooklyn, with three stages, 400 handpicked visionaries, Bloomberg Media as our Official Media Partner, and a lineup I genuinely cannot wait for you to see.
Take a look below for the first reveal, and if you’re debating whether to attend, this is your sign to join us.
See you in Brooklyn,
Dani
Agenda
The full agenda for this year’s AI & Creativity Summit in New York is live! Taking place at the Lighthouse in Brooklyn, the program spans three stages and a full day of sessions across the AI & Creativity stack, from infrastructure to culture, and everything in between. For more details on the programming, browse the sessions live on our site below.
Summit
We’re delighted to have OpenArt joining as a sponsor, and CEO Coco Mao on stage with us this May.
Coco Mao is CEO & Co-founder of OpenArt, a leading AI video & image generation platform where 8M+ monthly active users access 100+ latest AI models. Prior to OpenArt, she built a startup acquired by Google. In 2022, she co-founded OpenArt to democratize storytelling and empower anyone to bring their characters, stories, and worlds to life. Beyond building a tool for everyone, OpenArt is constantly defining what’s next, from solving character consistency to world consistency, unlocking new creative possibilities across film, advertising, music videos, and TV shows.
Get a 20% discount off OpenArt for one month with the code: AMFRIENDS
Pulse
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Meta Announces New AI Model in Major Test of Company’s Ambitions: WSJ reports that the disappointment of last model’s release more than a year ago led to an expensive overhaul of the company’s AI operations.
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Spotify’s Prompted Playlist Feature Will Now Work for Podcasts: TechCrunch details how the company is expanding its AI-powered feature to create playlists, called Prompted Playlist, to include podcasts as well.
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Community Member and NY Summit Speaker Ari Kuschnir’s Work Went Viral: Featuring an imagining of what Trump’s library might be like once it’s built.
Join us in NY on May 14, 2026, where we will continue these conversations on the forefront of AI & Creativity – space is extremely limited.
If you’re creating something aligned with Artist and the Machine or you’d like to recommend work shaping this space, we’d love to see it for the chance to be featured. Reach out to us at community@artistandthemachine.com.
Til next time,
Artist and the Machine.
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Paige Piskin is an award-winning AI and XR creator, known for pushing the boundaries of digital makeup, character design, and augmented reality experiences. With AR effects generating more than 300 billion impressions, shared 2 billion times, Paige has worked with major brands like Netflix, Bratz, Warner, and Coldplay, bringing immersive storytelling to life. She has also been a guest judge for Netflix, consultant, and 2x hackathon winner, recognized for her innovative work in AI-driven AR experiences. Paige is passionate about blending generative AI with character design, expanding the possibilities of digital self-expression and interactive storytelling.
Claire Silver is an anonymous AI-Collaborative artist that works with oil, acrylic, collage, photography, and different digital mediums to create her work. She often blends the classical style and mythos into her art, collaboratively producing work that feels at once familiar and strange. Her work explores themes of innocence, trauma, the hero’s journey, and how our view of them will change in an increasingly transhumanist future. Claire’s art can be found in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has been at Sotheby’s London and Christie’s New York and in galleries, museums, and festivals all over the world. Featured in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, NPR, and countless podcasts, Claire takes every opportunity to explore her unending fascination with AI, fight for visibility for this budding art movement, and wonder at the magnitude of this moment in history. She often feels like a caveman painting fire. Claire is vocal in her belief that with the rise of AI, for the first time, the barrier of skill is swept away and that in this evolving era, taste is the new skill.