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Forbes interviewed Drue for a feature on how SMBs can use visual AI to outcompete larger rivals. Full excerpt on Drue here.
Visual AI can be a HUGE competitive advantage not just for enterprises, but also for SMBs.
She shared concrete suggestions for visual AI tools that can give SMBs an edge over their larger and better-funded competitors. "But even more important than specific tool mastery is what I call building The Vision Muscle™, which is an essential skill to thrive in the age of AI," said Kataoka.
Skills like visually prototyping and then building custom workflows, and putting together multiple tools with a clear understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, are at the core of winning in the visual AI era.
So to summarize: visual AI is a new arena where David can truly slay Goliath. Winning is a combination of (1) familiarity with the latest tools and (2) strengthening your Vision Muscle™.
Drue Kataoka was interviewed by MasterCard’s Center for Inclusive Growth team after she gave the keynote for their Global Inclusive Growth Forum in Washington D.C.
The Forum convened senior leaders from the public sector, civil society, and multilateral institutions alongside the Washington, D.C. IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings. Drue contributed to the focused, action-oriented dialogue on how inclusive digital economies can drive resilience, opportunity, and sustainable growth.
Drue joined Logistics with Purpose® — presented by Vector Global Logistics in partnership with Supply Chain Now, hosted by Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter — for a conversation on purpose, creativity, and how AI is reshaping global supply chains: “The Future of Art Meets Logistics: Drue Kataoka on Purpose, Vision & Innovation.” Listen to the full episode here.
“Art and logistics are deeply connected because both are about orchestrating complexity. Both require creativity, constraints-driven problem solving, and the ability to see patterns before others see them. Now add AI to that. AI is turning logistics into a highly visual discipline—digital twins, simulations, predictive dashboards. Artists have been prototyping visual worlds forever. So the same visual imagination that lets an artist direct a complex image or film is exactly the kind of imagination that will shape the next generation of AI-powered logistics systems.”
Drue was featured on the podcast “Decoded: The Future of Neurotech,: hosted by BCI pioneer Tan Le. Full video here: Of the interview Tan says: “I sat down with my longtime friend and collaborator Drue Kataoka✨ an artist and technologist who’s spent her career pushing the boundaries between creativity and innovation.
We talked about:
🎨 The intersection of art, AI, and brain–computer interfaces
🧠 How the brain could become the next creative medium
💭 What happens when technology lets us express subconscious thought
⚖️ And the responsibility artists and technologists share in shaping that future
Drue’s perspective is both visionary and deeply human: she reminds us that creativity isn’t just about making. It’s about understanding ourselves and the world more fully.”
Click to read full article here. SuperRare, the leading 1 of 1 NFT platform, partnered with Drue Kataoka to announce the first ever exhibition dedicated to showcasing the work of Asian American artists. NFT Now sat down with Drue to talk about the exhibit entitled #TheGoldStandard which spotlights the vast contributions of Asian American artists in the digital art world.
Click to read full article here. Editorial by Drue Kataoka. “My goal: to spotlight the vast yet somehow invisible contributions of Asian American artists in the digital art world. We can find the roots of this invisibility in the severe under-representation of Asian Americans within the overall cultural landscape of America.”
Click to read full article here. NextShark interviewed Drue about #TheGoldStandard historic first of its kind exhibit featuring all Asian American artists on a major NFT platform.
Drue was interviewed by Worth’s Senior Editor, Emily Cegielski for a feature profile. Full article as one piece can be viewed here. Or on the Worth website here.
Drue was interviewed for this article by Molly Liu exploring the future of art and art in a post-pandemic world. Highlights and quotes to the right above. Full article here.
“The art 50 years from now will provide unmatched expression through the visual, aural, olfactory and haptic, encapsulated in compelling virtual-reality experiences for lovers of art, wherever they are located,” Kataoka said. “Developments in brain computer interfaces (BCI), bandwidth and AI will create a new syncretic form of art, generating lifelike experiences unlike anything we’ve seen. This art will challenge our brains to rethink everything in our world — from the laws of physics and causality to the fundamentals of human existence.”
Full article here.
Yahoo News! NextShark: Artist Drue Kataoka Helps Crowdfund to Protect Asian Elders, Change Hate Crime Laws. UPDATE: This fundraiser has now raised over $90,000. Click here to see article.
For #MLKDay 2021, Drue was honored to be invited by Dr. Bernice King to contribute to the The King Center’s MLK Holiday Commemorative Magazine, "Social Justice in America." Her article is entitled, "Waking up in the Midst of a Revolution: #AI, Culture & Racial Justice.” Read whole article here.
TIME Magazine Editorial Co-authored by Drue Kataoka and Senator Tim Kaine (VA) "Why Cutting the Budget for the Arts Undercuts Our Future" was our original title. Read the FULL ARTICLE in PDF form here.
Investing for Immortality. Full article can be read here.
Major Justin Lee hosts the Professional's Playbook, a podcast focused on high performance for military personnel and hardcore business people. Recent guests have included: our nation's top decorated fighter pilots, 'Nasty' Staggs (the premiere Joint Terminal Attack Controller for the US Air Force), The FBI's Lead International Kidnapping Negotiator, Navy SEAL instructors and Space Shuttle Commanders. This is the first episode on art :) In this podcast I talk with Major Lee about how art can be a catalyst for creativity in other professions, how creativity is like a muscle that you have to train, and the future of art in virtual and augmented reality. Listen here.
This Op-Ed by Drue was published in Harvard Business Review in Arabic. The original English translation can be found here on Medium. The HBR Arabic is here.
The Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi invited Drue to do two presentations at the Qudwa summit in Abu Dhabi. Here is some of the coverage that gives a glimpse into what she spoke about.
Video interview by Reuters in Davos with Drue Kataoka at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting. Talking about her work at the intersection of art and social impact. Watch here
REUTERS reports Drue Kataoka Studios at the Annual Meeting in Davos, in a segment by Reuters talking about the Touch Our Future project
VIDEO: The Wall Street Journal reported on how “Touch Our Future” digital tapestry drew the attention & participation of dozens of Nobel Laureates and heads of state to the critical issue of helping reduce infant mortality.
Watch the WSJ Video segment here.
Article today in Forbes about my upcoming virtual gathering of women leaders and VR art unveiling on January 26th. Please join us.
"VR obliterates the current time and space you inhabit. It is like jumping into a magical pool that surrounds you, transports you and overwhelms your visual sense."
A generation of artists seizes on the new digital tools to paint without canvas or sculpt in the air. Read FULL English PDF Translation here.
Une génération d’artistes se saisit des nouveaux outils numériques permettant de peindre sans toile, de graffer sans mur ou de sculpter dans l’air. Link here.
"Local Artist, Global Impact - Drue Kataoka on helping humanity, hacking the senses and the VR revolution"
by Karla Kane for the Palo Alto Weekly. Read the full article here.
#LoveLikeJo: Why we must create a legacy worthy of Jo Cox. Read it here.
GOODALI - Mongolia's leading Fashion, Art Magazine - Interview about my art & shoot at historic Choijin Temple (Чойжин ламын сүм) in Ulaanbaatar
Scientific American article on my artwork for the first zero gravity art exhibit in space at the International Space Station. More on that artwork here.