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https://www.wired.com/story/shein-is-officially-the-biggest-polluter-in-fast-fashion-ai-is-making-things-worse/ “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” It didn’t say it but it might as well have. If an AI could sit truculently it would have. We had a high tech starting contest. How have we got to this place? We’d worked so well together. It (I’d even got… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/finding-a-founder-heres-what-to-consider-when-picking-a-startup-partner/ The idea had been bubbling for years. When his day job was going well, it had taken a back seat. When it wasn’t, he’d spend hours doodling, usually on pen and paper. He liked to imagine the interview when he went public, joking that he was analogue really. His… Read the rest

https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/steam-families-is-live-and-you-can-all-play-at-the-same-time-231044827.html I swore when I got this job that I wasn’t going to be one of those dads. You know, one of those dads who always said “maybe later”. Stuck in a meeting or finishing a report, the kid going off to play alone. No. Work was important but I… Read the rest

https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising The roads were quiet. He didn’t drive fast, that wasn’t the point. The headlights lit the road ahead; the occasional incoming vehicle. It had not been a good day. But it was all falling away as he drove. He wasn’t sorting things out or coming to decisions but at… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/9bf8ffc1-d99d-4d1a-ba6e-1f4d2232e33c It had been a good idea. It saved time and effort, pacified the activist stakeholders, got the company publicity whenever a new issue came up and it did wonders for attracting young talent. Having “purpose” automated meant he didn’t have to bother with the complexities of the latest “cause”.… Read the rest

https://the-media-leader.com/time-to-find-out-who-cares-in-this-industry He wasn’t a bad person. He’d have voted Green if he’d lived in Brighton. As it was he’d sighed, voted Labour and was already bemoaning the timidity of the new government at dinner parties. He was considering installing solar. He was a Guardian reader, if not subscriber. Yes he’d… Read the rest

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/09/05/youtube-announces-likeness-management-technology-creators I’d got everything working seamlessly. After so long working every hour I had generating “content”, I could relax. I’d got the AI trained well enough to watch as it made video after video. It had my tone, my wit and charm! And my fans loved it. More stuff. More… Read the rest

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/06/1103707/roblox-is-launching-a-generative-ai-that-builds-3d-environments-in-a-snap/ They knew it annoyed their childless friends. They tried to talk about other things at dinner parties but sometimes they couldn’t help themselves. They admitted it was “soppy”, they even said so to try and diffuse the atmosphere, lower their friends’ eyebrows. But if anyone showed any interest, they… Read the rest

https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/ I’m listening but don’t worry. I’m just like the guy sitting next to you in the pub, listening. Some call it eavesdropping but it’s really the aural equivalent of ‘people watching’. I’m fascinated by people. I just want to listen and learn. I’m like the novelist or poet on… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/ex-publicis-ecd-and-ex-germs-ceo-launch-new-sweatshop-agency I’ve always been ambitious. They knew that. They were happy for me to expand my remit. I was brought in to revolutionise the creative teams but I soon expanded into strategy and then management. They were happy as I took on more and more. They were happy to sing… Read the rest