Understand cultural nuance for a great global youth strategy

https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2024/08/23/understand-cultural-nuance-great-global-youth-strategy The headteacher had set an afternoon aside. The school’s sponsors had wanted a full day but she had held her ground. The vocation department had organized everything and she’d talked to the last remaining humanities teacher about ways of making the best of the visit. On the day the… Read the rest

Is your company AI-washing? Rippling founder Parker Conrad thinks it might be.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/20/is-your-company-ai-washing-rippling-founder-parker-conrad-thinks-it-might-be/ He wasn’t scared of it. If not excited, he was at least intrigued. He watched his colleagues panic over the “integrity of education”… and their jobs. They were desperate to stop their students using AI. He wasn’t. He knew they should know how to have an artificial partner, how… Read the rest

Manchester United’s back-of-shirt sponsor points to future of sports jersey placements

https://digiday.com/marketing/manchester-uniteds-back-of-shirt-sponsor-points-to-future-of-sports-jersey-placements The team lined up in the tunnel. They touched the crest for luck as they filled out into the pitch. As they ran towards the goal, their shirts lit up to the roar of the crowd whose headsets zoomed into their favourite star. The few refusers blinked as their… Read the rest

South Korea’s AI textbook program faces skepticism from parents

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/18/south-koreas-ai-textbook-program-faces-skepticism-from-parents/ We hoped we could just pass the Primer down to her. We’d kept the various school uniforms as her elder sister grew and she was used to getting hand-me-down gadgets. So we assumed she could just take over the Primer. Her elder sister obviously has a work one now.… Read the rest

Gemini Live first look: Better than talking to Siri, but worse than I’d like

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/13/gemini-live-first-look-better-than-talking-to-siri-but-worse-than-id-like/ Of course I was nervous beforehand. The whole launch depended on me. The spotlight would be on me. The fanboys and the critics would be watching my presentation. It had to go right. And it wasn’t just the crowd in the venue, the analysts would be watching for any… Read the rest

The ‘Unsettling,’ Nearly Normalized Surveillance Tech Monitoring the U.S.-Mexico Border

https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/08/10/the-unsettling-nearly-normalized-surveillance-tech-monitoring-the-u-s-mexico-border He lied of course. They expected him to. He lied about the price. He lied about the number of families who would be crossing. He lied about the boat. After the journey they’d already had, the dangers they were escaping, they just had to go with it. He gave… Read the rest

Thousands of anti-racism protesters take to streets across England to counter far-right rallies

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/07/thousands-of-anti-racism-protesters-take-to-streets-to-counter-far-right-rallies I’m intelligent so I do get why they do it. I’ve read my Gramsci. I know my history, the long story of fascism. I know my Althusser and the power of ideology. I can see where they come from. But understanding only takes us so far. We have to… Read the rest