A new opera will compare the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) with the impact of the Industrial Revolution in West Yorkshire. The Last Machine Breaker, by Huddersfield composer Ben Crick, will tour Yorkshire next month as part of the Bradford Opera Festival. The opera will contrast the social impact of AI with the technological advancements experienced in the early 1800s. Crick, known for telling stories of the North of England through opera, described the project as his "most personal