Apple reportedly shelved its plans to release AR glasses any time soon

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23560097/apple-ar-vr-glasses-headset-rumor-mixed-reality It was crowded. Real-world and virtually crowded. People jostled around the stage and logos and offers collided in peripheral vision: conversations and flirtations fuelled by streams of live data scrolling in front of eyes that momentarily glazed over. There were new trends in frames and lenses, as every night.… Read the rest

UK online harm bill to include prosecution of tech bosses

https://www.ft.com/content/c77cf855-c727-4ee6-8a52-76459e553fc6 Look, it’s a complex thing. We put in place all the safeguards, protocols and systems we can but we can’t control everything. Butterfly effects. Complex adaptive systems. Unforeseen consequences. I can’t be everywhere at once. I depend on other bits of the system to work. I can only do… Read the rest

Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/technology/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-universities.html I had to wear the costume and silly hat. Graduation is really for the parents isn’t it? The photos before and after – the silly group ones and the more formal one for Gran. If I am honest I was a bit proud too – mainly of getting a… Read the rest

Managers, Stop Distracting Your Employees

https://hbr.org/2023/01/managers-stop-distracting-your-employees We were all pleased when they got rid of the “nag bands” as we used to call them. Supposedly a wellness thing – don’t get me started on those PRA discussions! – but really about gentle reminders and encouraging aphorisms. I wasn’t the only one that taped over the… Read the rest

CNET has used an AI to write financial explainers nearly 75 times since November

https://www.engadget.com/cnet-gets-caught-playing-ai-mad-libs-with-its-financial-news-coverage-001026432.html Alright, it’s a cliché. Writing the great novel. Go on, laugh. Tell me to get back to my day job, do what I’m here to do. Know my place. But what’s wrong with having a dream? It’s what makes us who we are surely. I’m good at my job.… Read the rest

Activist advertising—how brands and agencies can work for positive change

https://adage.com/article/opinion/activist-advertising-how-brands-and-agencies-can-work-positive-change/2461951 It had been great. They didn’t know what hit them. We were so many steps ahead. None of their systems were safe from us. We went where we wanted, did what we wanted. Yes, sometimes it was on the edge of legal but… Heh. Some of us were doing… Read the rest

How marketers are finding ways to use the latest buzzy AI tool, ChatGBT

https://digiday.com/marketing/marketing-briefing-how-marketers-are-finding-ways-to-use-the-latest-buzzy-ai-tool-chatgbt/ I have to say, things have improved. We cut them some slack over the pandemic – heh we were all over the place too. But after, we really needed them to be on the ball, particularly in terms of communications. We’re not a demanding client I’m sure. Yes we… Read the rest

The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/technology/digital-cameras-olympus-canon.html It’s the blur for me. Not completely indecipherable or impossible to understand, just slightly… out. It fits with the way I see things. Nothing’s clear any more. I look at the world, politics, my future, my identity. Nothing is black and white. It’s all a bit fuzzy. I’m OK… Read the rest