Researchers Use AI to Generate Images Based on People’s Brain Activity

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxje8n/researchers-use-ai-to-generate-images-based-on-peoples-brain-activity?utm_source=tldrnewsletter Yes we must have been a pain to work with. We did have a sense of superiority, sometimes an attitude. We could be maybe a little childish. We were a tightly knit group of creatively motivated men (and women). Sometimes we were a law unto ourselves. In our ‘studios’… Read the rest

Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy, says some offices are like a ‘ghost town’

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/06/google-ceo-defends-desk-sharing-policy-says-offices-like-ghost-town.html I’ve seen it all. I’ve seen bosses come and go, bright young things brimming with enthusiasm and stock options burn the midnight oil. I’ve seen bubbles and busts and numerous pivots. I’ve just kept on doing my job, keeping it all ticking along. Even during the pandemic I was… Read the rest

Idle no more: how automatic mouse jigglers are taking on nosy bosses

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/05/idle-no-more-how-automatic-mouse-jigglers-are-taking-on-nosy-bosses He felt a little guilty. But then again… He’d make it up. He probably already had. what about that evening he finished the report? After all now they were all WfGH (Working from Global Homes), work hours, time itself was a weird thing. And it wasn’t his fault that… Read the rest

Prog.ai wants to help recruiters find technical talent by inferring skills from GitHub code

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/03/prog-ai-wants-to-help-recruiters-find-technical-talent-by-inferring-skills-from-github-code/ The portfolio School was worth it. My degree was a great foundation but I wasn’t going to get a job without a Book and one that was optimised right. If you look at my Book you see ads: art direction, copy, inisghts. But you’re not the one doing the… Read the rest

Asda dispels food panic with some well-placed humour

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/pick-week-asda-dispels-food-panic-well-placed-humour/1815014 She’d always wanted to be on the Foreign Desk. Big stories, important events, world-shaking news. Hard-bitten hacks who’ve covered every war, famine, crisis and coup. Battle scarred but determined to be there, cover everything. In her mind she heard old-fashioned phones ringing, fax machines churning out the latest. She… Read the rest

Ford Applies to Patent Self-Repossessing Cars That Can Drive Themselves Away

https://www.thedrive.com/news/future-fords-could-repossess-themselves-and-drive-away-if-you-miss-payments The phrase “cost of living crisis” didn’t really cover it. The word “living” was a constant reminder that that was far away. “Surviving” would have been nearer the mark. And “crisis” sounded as though it was a sudden shock, not a drawn out, endless story. He knew he wasn’t… Read the rest

When AI Handles the What, Your Team Can Focus on the Why

https://www.adweek.com/agencies/when-ai-handles-the-what-your-team-can-focus-on-the-why/ Gizza job. Go on, gizza job. I can do that. Here I am, in the metaphorical corner with my partner while over there, they’re doing the sexy, groovy stuff. The deep, meaningful stuff. They’re focusing on the Big picture. developing the Big business ideas and then they pass them… Read the rest

D-ID unveils new chat API to enable face-to-face conversations with an AI digital human

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/28/d-id-unveils-new-chat-api-to-enable-face-to-face-conversations-with-an-ai-digital-human It’s a bit disorientating. It’s not that I mind having her/him/it as a boss. Heh, frankly I’ve had far worse human ones! They answer messages and don’t have moods when their political machinations haven’t worked out. But I’m never sure who I’m going to talk to. “Who”? “Talk to”?… Read the rest

VR startup working on tech to “replay” memories

https://futurism.com/the-byte/vr-startup-replay-memories He’d walked these street so many times. He’d never wanted to drive. The “school run” always sounded so… rushed. He’d relished that time. Sauntering, talking about what they saw. It was meditative, quality, time. Now they were gone. Grown. They still met, still walked together occasionally, even round here,… Read the rest

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/24/23608961/tiktok-creator-bot-accusation-prove-theyre-human It’s competitive out there. Obviously no-one cares about ‘qualifications’ any more. You’d think that would save you money but do you know how much it costs to keep a profile going, let alone growing? And when you’re competing against creators with limitless energy, time and resources… well it’s a… Read the rest