Ronit Novak

Canada’s embassy in D.C. deleted an AI-generated promotional image after failing to acknowledge its source—which led THE GRAIN to wonder where it originated from. Rather than coming from a prompt to a generator like DALL-E, Midjourney or StableDiffusion, it was sourced from Adobe Stock, under the name ‘Celebratory Crowd Waving Canadian Flags on City Street'. The caption clearly indicates the image is Made with AI, with the subtext: Editorial use must not be misleading or deceptive.

To have a seat at the table is one thing — to create your own table is entirely another. Kevin A. Ormsby knows this well. The artistic director of the Afro-contemporary dance company KasheDance was in the audience at one of his shows when the mostly Black crowd was vocally responding to the presentation, as is customary for Black performances. A white reporter shushed a Black patron — who turned out to be the show’s co-choreographer. Upon realizing his error, the reporter apologized for the faux pas.

Before she died of cancer in January, Pam Harrison, a longtime member of Broadview’s board of directors, made an unusual request. She told her family that, in lieu of flowers, she wanted her obituary to ask friends to perform a random act of kindness. Harrison was a tireless supporter of this publication, and her passing was felt by all of us. As I pondered her final request, I thought about her life of service.