Art & Leisure

An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Thousands of AI‑written books – edited or ‘polished’ – flood market

At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest check as a member of the class covered in the class-action settlement Bartz v. Anthropic. In 2025, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, best known for creating the chatbot Claude, agreed to pay up to US$1.5 billion to thousands of authors after a judge ruled that the company had infringed upon their copyrights.

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Are you a ‘victim’ of circumstances?

We often believe that life happens to us, that circumstances, fate, or past conditions decide who we become. Yet, we are shaped less by dramatic turning points and more by the subtle, repeated choices…
The misty Blue Mountains.
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The sovereign wealth

The world is currently navigating a period of profound uncertainty fluctuating energy costs, food supply disruptions, and environmental shifts. In this global “crunch”, Jamaica’s true wealth is being…
April 19, 2026 by James Ley and Jo Case

Poetry for an anxious world

Tumultuous times create heightened, often complex, emotions. It can be hard to voice or even identify our feelings when faced with war, illness, worry, or great changes of any kind. Poetry offers many…
April 12, 2026 by Sophie Phillips Dan Jones and Trish Tucker

What are motor skills?

Motor skills are foundational for a lifetime of movement. For children, they play a vital role not only in facilitating physical activity levels but also for cognitive and socio-emotional development…
April 12, 2026

Kindness beyond image management

We often see ourselves being kind to strangers. A gentle smile to a passer-by, a polite word to a delivery person, or a helping hand to someone we don’t know. These acts are valuable and reflect a…
This November 2023 photo provided by Gaorong Li shows a Haootia-like fossil at Yunnan University in Kunming, China.
April 12, 2026

How we came to be

WASHINGTON (AP): Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognisably simple animals to the complex creatures…
April 12, 2026 by Book review by Curtis Myrie

A compelling narrative of Jamaica’s music

The doors of all that has culturally stored how music may define our makeup have been flung wide open by author Rohan Budhai in his 560-page journal on Jamaica’s music, A Hit Mek. If you thought the…
This 2024 photo shows GenX revellers.
April 12, 2026

The spirit of the carnival

Carnival, in all its colour and cadence, is often described as a global celebration. Yet in Jamaica, it carries a distinct pulse, one shaped by our history, our creativity, and our relentless energy.…
April 4, 2026 by Dudley McLean II

When truth must compete

In a recent article published in The Telegraph, Elise Morrison revisits an ancient anxiety with striking contemporary force: the tension between truth and persuasion. Reflecting on the trial and…