artifact

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But they only want him as an AI chatbot or an artifact of banger memes; they don’t want to live in his reality.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

By including this artifact of his digital process, Gomez acknowledges that the painting’s subject is not reality as experienced on the streets of the city, but a constructed proposition.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

This has turned sea silk into a historical artifact rather than a living craft, with only tiny amounts produced today by a small number of artisans.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

“It’s like a cursed artifact that gives you great power to keep up with what’s going on, but at the cost of subtly corrupting your soul,” said the 38-year-old Providence College economics professor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

“Let’s not pretend that means nothing. Can you imagine how difficult it’s going to be to explain to Merlin how we let a trainee destroy a priceless artifact of unending power?”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston