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AI’s next frontier in Fast Company
Reben joins Adventures in AI to discuss Phyzify and turning imagined ideas into physical objects.
Phyzify featured by MIT Media Lab
MIT Media Lab shares Fast Company’s introduction to Phyzify, the company cofounded by alumnus Alexander Reben to bring ideas into physical form.
Phyzify launches in Fast Company
Kc Ifeanyi speaks with Reben and Jake Witzenfeld about Phyzify, their new venture connecting human imagination with AI and physical production.
The symbiosis of mechanical production
Kevin Brown examines Reben’s work and human–machine collaboration in the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media.
AI Inspires Artists and Industrialists to Reimagine their Crafts
NVIDIA examines Reben’s robotic sculptures with Machina Labs and their connection to advances in industrial manufacturing.
Alexander Reben in NVIDIA’s AI Art Gallery
NVIDIA features AI and the Anvil, exploring Reben’s use of AI-generated designs and robotic metal forming with Machina Labs.
Christie’s AI auction in Ocula
Ocula reports on Christie’s Augmented Intelligence sale, including Reben’s painting that grew in response to auction bids.
Art, AI, and value in Forbes
Gerui Wang considers artistic intention and value in Christie’s AI auction, discussing Reben’s use of robotics and custom creative systems.
Untitled Robot Painting in Fisheye Immersive
Zoé Terouinard examines Reben’s Untitled Robot Painting, an artwork whose development responds to bids at Christie’s.
Augmented Intelligence at Christie’s
Christie’s introduces Augmented Intelligence, featuring Reben’s auction-driven robot painting alongside works by artists exploring artificial intelligence.
Christie’s AI auction in The Art Newspaper
Carlie Porterfield reports on Christie’s first auction devoted to AI art, with Reben among the participating artists.
Alexander Reben in conversation with Autre
Mia Milosevic interviews Reben about human–machine collaboration, his artist residency and new work at Charlie James Gallery.
OpenAI residency featured by MIT Media Lab
MIT Media Lab shares The New York Times feature on alumnus Alexander Reben’s OpenAI residency and his experiments with AI-generated sculpture.
Visions of A.I. Art From OpenAI’s First Artist in Residence
Leslie Katz follows Reben’s OpenAI residency, including experiments with Sora and a marble sculpture produced with Monumental Labs.
Embracing AI in Stony Brook Magazine
Stony Brook profiles Reben’s path from applied mathematics to art, his OpenAI residency, and the AI Am I? exhibition.
Art and AI on GBH’s The Culture Show
Reben joins Jared Bowen on The Culture Show to discuss making art with AI and his residency at OpenAI.
OpenAI residency in MIT Technology Review
Will Douglas Heaven interviews Reben about his OpenAI residency, human creativity, and how artists work with generative systems.
Sora: first impressions at OpenAI
Reben shares early experiments using Sora-generated video as a starting point for sculpture in OpenAI’s collection of artists’ first impressions.
AI Am I? reviewed in Squarecylinder
Mikko Lautamo reviews AI Am I? at the Crocker Art Museum, examining its humor, collaboration, and questions of authorship.
An artist in residence in The New York Times
Leslie Katz profiles Reben’s work at the intersection of art and artificial intelligence.
The creative future of generative AI at MIT
Ken Shulman reports on a panel with Reben, Ziv Epstein, and Ana Miljački exploring what generative AI means for art and design.
Artnet visits AI Am I?
Adam Schrader explores Reben’s first museum retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum.
AI Am I? at the Crocker Art Museum
A first solo museum exhibition explores the creative relationship between people and machines.
Delusions of a Time-Traveling Cactus
A solo exhibition at bitforms gallery follows the feedback loop between artists and algorithms.
An Aesthetics of the Absurd for A.I.
Charlotte Kent considers humor, reflection, and the questions raised by Reben's practice.
Art and imagination on CNN
CNN visits Reben to explore his collaborations with machines and how AI can help people express their ideas.
Ode To My Shiny Metal Toaster at TED2023
TED’s roundup includes Ode To My Shiny Metal Toaster, an illustrated poem generated and spoken by AI under Reben’s guidance.
Human–AI collaboration in BBC Future
Reben writes about the possibilities of making art with AI and how collaboration can expand ideas of creativity.
DALL·E’s gallery debut in Artnet
Vittoria Benzine visits Artificial Imagination at bitforms, featuring Reben’s sculptures developed from AI-generated descriptions.
Artificial Imagination in Axios
Ina Fried covers Reben’s sculpture at bitforms.
DALL·E, Artificial Imagination
A group exhibition at bitforms gallery in San Francisco explores AI as an artistic tool.
Venice, Twilight in conversation with VRHAM!
Reben discusses Venice, Twilight, his contribution to ULTRAMARIN, and the role of experimentation in making art with AI.
I’m Not A Painter in CLOT Magazine
CLOT Magazine previews I’m Not A Painter at GAZELL.iO, where AI-generated descriptions and images become oil paintings and an immersive installation.
Make-A-Scene in Artnet
Vittoria Benzine reports on Meta’s Make-A-Scene, naming Reben among the artists experimenting with the image-generation system.
AI Am I? in CLOT Magazine
Charlotte Kent explores AI Am I? and Reben’s wider practice, considering creativity, authorship, humor, and collaboration with machines.
AI Am I? in Forbes
Jesse Damiani covers a project that turns AI-generated artwork descriptions into physical works.
amalGAN in The Washington Post
Peter Holley covers Reben’s AI-assisted paintings.
amalGAN in Engadget
Andrew Tarantola interviews Reben about amalGAN.
AI fortunes in The Washington Post
Peter Holley covers algorithmic fortune-telling.
strange/r/evolution at SPRING/BREAK
A solo presentation curated by Amy Kisch and Charlie James explores how technology learns about people.
BlabDroid on NPR
Laura Sydell explores conversations with robots.
Art, AI, and copyright in Engadget
Andrew Tarantola includes Reben in a discussion of machine learning and authorship.
Hello, Robot. at Design Museum Gent
Reben’s work joins an exhibition examining design and our relationships with machines.
Wax Chromatic at Charlie James Gallery
Spoken colors transform the gallery in an interactive solo exhibition.
Hello, Robot. at MAK
The Vienna Biennale presentation considers the social and ethical dimensions of robotics.
The Hierophant at Nicodim Gallery
A group exhibition in Bucharest includes work by Alexander Reben.
The Basilisk at Nicodim Gallery
A Los Angeles group exhibition includes Alexander Reben.
Artforum on The Basilisk
Janelle Zara reviews an exhibition featuring Deeply Artificial Trees.
Deeply Artificial Trees in IFLScience
Tom Hale writes about Reben’s transformation of The Joy of Painting.
Deeply Artificial Trees in Engadget
Andrew Tarantola covers an audiovisual experiment with machine perception.
Hello, Robot. at Vitra Design Museum
An exhibition considers the expanding roles of robots in daily life.
Human–robot relationships at WIRED2016
Liat Clark covers Reben’s London presentation.
The First Law on NPR
Laura Sydell considers machine decisions and harm.
The First Law in The Washington Post
Ben Guarino covers Reben’s provocative robot.
The First Law on ABC News
Alyssa Newcomb interviews Reben about The First Law and the questions his robot raises about machine decisions and human responsibility.
The First Law in the Daily Mail
Abigail Beall reports on a robot that challenges Asimov’s fictional rules.
The First Law in Fast Company
Daniel Terdiman considers the conversations prompted by Reben’s robot.
All Prior Art in New Scientist
Aviva Rutkin covers an experiment with machine-generated invention language.
All Prior Art on NPR
Laura Sydell covers Reben’s algorithmic invention project.
Engineering Psychology at Charlie James Gallery
Reben’s solo gallery debut invites visitors into experiments with technology and emotion.
Human–robot interactions in BBC Future
A feature considers the surprising responses elicited by Reben’s robots.
Art and domesticated robots on NPR
Tania Lombrozo discusses Reben’s practice.
Boxie in The Verge
Josh Dzieza examines why people respond to approachable robot designs.
Reben’s studio in Gizmodo
Andrew Liszewski highlights a video tour of the artist’s experiments.
A studio visit with Cool Hunting
A video visits Reben among works and experiments in progress.
Emotional connections with devices in Fast Company
Josh Dzieza considers the lessons of Reben’s interactive practice.
BlabDroids and Story Matter
CineGlobe announces BlabDroids at Lift and the Story Matter hackathon. Archived story.
Reben on empathy for robots
A science report includes Reben’s perspective on human responses to machines.
BlabDroids in Mashable
Samantha Murphy introduces robot interviewers at Tribeca.
Tribeca’s Storyscapes in Variety
Gordon Cox features Robots in Residence in coverage of experimental storytelling.
Robots in Residence in The Wall Street Journal
Ralph Gardner visits the participatory documentary project.
BlabDroids on CBC
Helen Mann speaks with Brent Hoff about robot filmmaking.
Robot documentary makers in WIRED
Angela Watercutter covers BlabDroids at Tribeca.
Robots in Residence in TIME
Lily Rothman selects the project among Tribeca highlights.
Tribeca’s new platforms in The New York Times
John Anderson features Robots in Residence.
Boxie in The Atlantic
A video feature introduces the cardboard robot developed at MIT.
Boxie in New Scientist
Paul Marks considers a robot that uses an approachable design to gather stories.