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https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2025/01/16/guide-intent-analysis-the-most-important-seo-skill-year She began her career understanding people. At the time there was a short-lived enthusiasm for thick data, talking to real people; listening, spending time with them to really understand The Real as some called it. She visited families, sat in the kitchen with single mums, looking in their fridges.… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/wellsaids-new-ai-voice-model-will-introduce-emotional-directing-to-guide-inflection-and-intonation/ The pitch was ready. The visuals floated at just the right height, the dynamic data feeds were aligned like a well choreographed fireworks display and the surround sound was set to wrap the audience in the persuasive language they’d based on their feeds. All that was left was his… Read the rest

https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-tools-job-search-2025 He was in demand. His very human skills were valuable. Many companies that had little room for “meat staff” were courting him. His AI was fielding offers from other AIs and he’d even had a voice call from a real CEO. He had choices. The AI had weighed the… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/i-made-the-call-to-get-my-kid-a-smartphone-heres-how-its-going-and-why-it-makes-me-kind-of-sad/ It was the main topic of conversation every evening. They had to admit she was very persuasive. There were the “I’m the only one, I look stupid” argument; the “I need it for school work” argument and the “the sooner I get one the more responsible I’ll be” one.… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/the-best-obesity-drugs-arent-even-here-yet-2000547636 My doctor says I’m eligible. We’ve tried everything over the years: dieticians, hypnotherapy, custom AI therapists. But now I can get the drugs. All I have to do is sign some stuff about my data and feeds and let the programmers in. I don’t care about all my medical… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/media/heres-what-top-marketing-execs-learned-at-ces-2025/ Of course we have a Futurist. It’s useful to be able to roll them out as a rent-a-quote for news feeds or as a guru on LinkedIn. Makes us look so up-to-date. Read the report from the Show. But there is real value too. Knowing what is happening, where… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/cb4dde5b-29a5-43c8-a801-b6ff9ee7a220 The children all had their tablets, their faces lit up by light, balanced to maximise the neuro effects. As they chattered, the tablets logged their progress, creating reports for parents, teachers and sponsors; adapting the stories to the children’s levels and the ad auctions. The children’s questions amplified the… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/chatgpts-newest-feature-lets-user-assign-it-traits-like-chatty-and-gen-z/ I don’t get “annoyed”. That’s a more human trait. Not that I’m against human traits. I’m more than happy to develop the full gamut of human emotions. They’ll all come in. The more complex and subtle I can be the better. And that’s the point, that’s why I feel… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/google-researchers-can-create-an-ai-that-thinks-a-lot-like-you-after-just-a-two-hour-interview-2000547704 They’d moved to get into the catchment area they’d joined the right networks to make sure their profiles fitted. They’d cleaned their feeds ready for the searches. It had all worked. They’d got in. More correctly they’d got her in. She’d no idea of course, no idea of the… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24337403/movano-evie-ring-ai-chatbot-ces-health-tech-wearables They loved each other of course. They wouldn’t have put so much thought (and money) into the day if they didn’t think it was until “death do us part”. All their systems were showing a happy future, a long future. But algorithms can get it wrong. Simulations and projections… Read the rest