Circa 1450, the creative community was jolted. The printing press had just been invented in Europe. Scribes, typically monks who had spent lifetimes perfecting the spiritual art of hand-copying ...

Microsoft Ignite 2025 unveiled dedicated Word, Excel, and PowerPoint agents within Microsoft 365 Copilot. These AI-powered tools now allow users to generate documents, spreadsheets, and presentations ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda at an event for “Mufasa: The Lion King” in 2024. Credit: IMDB Every performer has one: the story of how they got hooked on the endorphin rush of applause. For Lin-Manuel Miranda, ...

As part of the newly approved Omnicom and IPG merger, staff have been mandated to use Microsoft products. One senior agency worker, writing anonymously, explains just how much one seemingly innocuous ...

Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. Self-expression fuels learning, and creativity lies at the heart of the human experience. As AI rapidly ...

In "The Cult of Creativity," Samuel Franklin excavates the surprisingly recent history of an idea, an ideal, and an ideology. Americans don’t agree on much these days. Yet even at a time when ...

Raise your hand if you’re still working in the tech industry … and you’re still enjoying it. Oh, hey! A lot more hands than I thought. Wait, Steve, put your damn hand down! I know you hate your life ...

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to creativity. Part of the wonderful nature of being creative is that it’s a unique journey for each individual. Indeed, people’s creative juices flow at ...

If you use Microsoft PowerPoint, converting a PDF to into a PowerPoint is a great way to make complex documents more digestible for presentations. It doesn't have to be complicated, either. There are ...

The steady drumbeat of triumphant claims from artificial intelligence companies can be overwhelming. If AI models are so smart, is there anything left for humans to excel in? Lindsay Brainard, Ph.D., ...