We take the day's headlines and hand them to an artificial intelligence with a dubious sense of humour, questionable editorial judgment, and absolutely no journalistic training. It produces illustrations that are sometimes insightful, frequently absurd, and always technically libellous.
Think of it as the newspaper your uncle would make if he had access to a supercomputer and no legal counsel.
In Black and White is an automated pipeline that ingests live news, applies an editorial intelligence layer to find the satirical angle, and generates original illustrations in multiple styles — fake photographs, political cartoons, comic strips, and things that defy categorisation.
Every image is AI-generated. No stock photos were harmed. No human illustrators were replaced, because we never employed any in the first place. The entire editorial process — from headline to published image — can run without human intervention, which says something about either the state of AI or the state of journalism.
The project sits at the intersection of generative AI, news media, and satire. It is published by Chai Publishing, a company that exists primarily to publish things like this.
Our illustrations feature product placement from brands that do not exist, selling products nobody needs, to an audience that doesn't believe any of this. It is, in many ways, the most honest form of advertising.
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