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Otis College to Release New Research Examining AI’s Influence on California’s Creative Economy on April 7, 2026, at Snap Inc. Headquarters
The launch event for the 2026 Otis College Report on the Creative Economy will feature a Q&A with Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel and artist Refik Anadol, co-founder of Dataland, the world’s first museum of AI art.Los Angeles, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LOS ANGELES, California—Otis College of Art and Design has announced that it will release the latest findings of its Otis College Report on the Creative Economy on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at an event at Snap Inc. headquarters in Santa Monica,
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