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https://gizmodo.com/debate-donald-trump-joe-biden-time-location-date-stream-1851553950 Yes, we’re political nerds. We choose to watch this stuff. But it’s important. That’s why we’ve always encouraged the kids to pay attention and to value truth. We installed fact checkers on their AIs as soon as they started school. The school wasn’t happy but, heh! In this election… Read the rest

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/snickers-creates-ai-generated-jose-mourinho-personalised-messages/1878399 He liked to think he was different. He couldn’t really find a way to say it that didn’t sound like a cliché but he really did get into this because he wanted to make a difference, serve. Maybe it was his family’s long involvement in the ‘local community’ as… Read the rest

https://www.engadget.com/google-is-reportedly-building-ai-chatbots-based-on-celebrities-and-influencers-235731655.html I tried being a refuser for a while. I couldn’t carry it off. Obviously my parents were nagging me about falling behind, “cutting my nose off” or something. They were worried I’d never pass on my own. No, the real reason is the Refusers were all much cooler than… Read the rest

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/06/21/cannes-lions-2024-watch-every-grand-prix-winning-ad We’ve been at the Festival all week, finding out who won and, most importantly how they won. Today we take you through each of the big winners, talk to the teams and unpick the secret sauce that wins and what that tells us about the future of advertising. Our… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/22/whats-in-it-for-us-journalists-ask-as-publications-sign-content-deals-with-openai/ He was quite enjoying becoming a cliché. He’d never been much of a drinker but now he was rarely seen outside the famous pub and often feigned a slight slur to let people know it. He’d also developed – or maybe pretended to develop – an irascible attitude. More… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/style-dna-generative-ai-fashion-stylist-app/ Maybe it was a blue day. Maybe a hint of pink? But then she remembered who she had a meeting with this morning; maybe more red. She hated the interface, the avatar just had this tone that never changed: upbeat, matey, annoying. Maybe she should pay for the premium… Read the rest

https://the-media-leader.com/netflix-builds-houses-to-bring-streaming-hits-to-life It’s so cool. There are queues to get in. I went with the guys again this morning. You have to get there early, but it’s worth it. When you get in it’s just like shelves and shelves of stuff. You can pick them up and everything. They have little… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/trump-rambles-clean-fakes-deepfakes-cheap-biden-senile-1851547748 She’d been with the candidate since the start. Those early days as a “breath of fresh air” in that backwater all the way to now with the big crowds, the constant attention. She didn’t agree with his policies, let alone his rhetoric, but she was ambitious and her career… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/18/24181246/amazon-labor-union-teamsters-affiliate-agreement-warehouse-workers There were no beer and sandwiches. No one expected the meeting to go on through the night. There were no breaks for participants to huddle and confer and see how much ground they could give. There were no ashtrays. The participants knew what negotiations used to be like, but… Read the rest

https://thenextweb.com/news/why-need-education-specific-small-language-ai-models My AI and I have been together since primary school. She (I decided on “she” very early on) has been there through SATS and GCSEs of course but also through all the other stuff… friendships, crushes, discovering politics, all sorts. We’re now set for the next adventure: Uni. She’s… Read the rest