11/08/2025
📣 Today we publish a new report 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀: 𝟰𝟬 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 [four key findings below 👇]
It brings together thoughts from 56 leading figures in arts and technology, from scientists from Adobe, Google Quantum AI and Lepata AI to artists and cultural programme executives around the world.
They showcase how art shapes the evolution of innovation, from copyright protection and art technology education as skills for the future, to preserving cultural heritage through technology and explaining complex topics like quantum computing and space satellites.
🔍 Four key findings of the report:
1️⃣ Artistic innovation accelerates the development of technology.
Through creativity, artists expand their perception of the possibilities of technology, create new legal models, test technical boundaries and reimagine tools to meet social needs.
2️⃣ They have both social and economic value.
Artists are helping developers make AI more culturally sensitive, inclusive and new technologies more understandable. Their participation contributes to drafting more effective and just solutions.
3️⃣ Art integrates cultural diversity and develops sustainable ecosystems.
Technology must work in different contexts, meet the needs of communities and be adaptive. Arts programmes and residencies form teams with interdisciplinary vision can help citizens to navigate the complex digital landscape.
4️⃣ Artists offer inspirational visions of the future.
They’re imagining other ways – more sustainable, based on humanity and mutual support. It helps to shape the development of technology for the environmental and social good.
The authors of the report provide views that can be a resource for shaping arts and technology policies and programmes. They offer cases from around the world that prove innovation needs artists – both at the national and international levels.
🔗 The full report is now available: read, share, be inspired! https://ow.ly/KvBW50WwN2v