Conceptual

• As part of the agreement, Latecoere's engineering team in Toulouse, France will work with Boom engineers to define the complete electrical wiring interconnection system (EWIS) architecture, a key system for both Overture and Symphony.
• The EWIS will comprise over 103 kilometers (64 miles) of wiring, requiring more than 45,000 electrical connections, guaranteeing optimal safety and system reliability for Overture and Symphony.
• "At Boom, we continue to bring together the world's leading suppliers on Overture and Symphony to make sustainable supersonic air travel a reality."
• Boom continues to progress toward production, lining-up many of its critical aerostructures and systems suppliers for both Overture and Symphony.

• The company also confirmed closing of an investment round, including a strategic investment from the NEOM Investment Fund (NIF).
• "Our goal is to bring the world closer together through faster flights," said Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic.
• Announced on October 24, the NEOM Investment Fund is the strategic investment arm of NEOM, the sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia.
• The NIF investment now takes Boom's total funding from investment and other capital sources to more than $700 million.

• The 19th century concept of authorship revolved around the romantic view of the artist as a lone genius.
• In this model, every stroke of the brush, every note played and every word written was the product of a singular creative mind, bearing the unique imprint of its creator.
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Disrupting the artistic landscape

• Conceptual art pioneer Marcel Duchamp radically altered the artistic landscape with his work, Fountain (1917) – a urinal signed “R.
• He argued that art wasn’t confined to traditional craftsmanship but could spring from the act of selection and presentation.
• Composer John Cage took this artistic revolution a step further.
• David Bowie famously used this technique for writing lyrics in some of his songs, especially in his work from the 1970s.

Modern art

• Jason M. Allen, a digital artist from Pueblo West, became one of the first creators to win a prize for AI generated art.
• In this process, Allen’s creativity came into play in formulating the correct prompts to instruct the AI, effectively guiding or curating the AI’s output.
• This new process raises questions about authorship and authenticity in art.
• Modern artists like Laurie Anderson have begun to harness machine learning to create novel works.

The future

• Looking to the future, we can expect the interplay of art and technology to deepen.
• We must prepare the coming generations for this rapidly changing creative landscape, fostering their ability to co-pilot with AI systems.
• As we move further into the age of machine learning, artists must reclaim their position at the forefront of creative thought and innovation.

• DALLAS, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announced today that its Board of Directors has named Eduardo Conrado and Elaine Mendoza as candidates to join the Board.
• Both Conrado and Mendoza, along with the other Board nominees, will be on the ballot at the 2023 Annual Shareholders Meeting.
• Conrado and Mendoza are being considered to succeed current Board members John Denison and Nancy Loeffler who have announced they will not stand for re-election to the Board.
• Conrado is currently on the board of directors of ArcBest Corporation (Nasdaq: ARBC), and he has also served on the board of directors for Ascension and the Chicago Red Cross.