NEA cut funds to focus on ‘AI competency.’ This SMU AI project lost funds anyway
On May 2, Jennifer Benoit-Bryan opened a distressing email. “The National Endowment for the Arts will no longer offer award funding for the project … ” Benoit-Bryan, director at Southern Methodist University DataArts, said the research center for the arts will now need to put the AI project on hold indefinitely. The project focuses on