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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/27/trying-to-tame-ai-seoul-summit-flags-hurdles-to-regulation They sat around the table and talked. Some presented apocalyptic visions of the future. Others talked of utopian futures. Most were somewhere in the middle. All were focused on the task of finding concrete steps. They called on the finest minds and experts; engineers, philosophers even religious systems. The… Read the rest

https://adage.com/article/opinion/ai-job-fears-how-employers-can-ease-workplace-anxiety-and-embrace-innovation/2561881 They’d tried an away-day. Statistics showed a large number of headsets set on auto-avatar. They’d tried a real-world company picnic. Attendance had been better but the wearables showed little change in stress levels. The data was clear. Staff were worried about their jobs. The roll-out had gone well. Productivity… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/chatbots-for-teachers-univ-of-washington-releases-free-ai-tool-for-quicker-better-lesson-plans She liked to think of it as her TA. She imagined it sitting there scribbling away, crossing things out, doodling, maybe even sucking on the end of a pencil, maybe a flash of inspiration as it planned. The only problem with this image was that it was too slow.… Read the rest

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240523153643.htm I’m the Night Manager. Of course I am there to ensure you have all the services you need: your food and drink delivered in the right way at the right time; your laundry pressed and ready on time; any problems with your room solved efficiently and courteously. I manage… Read the rest

https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2024/05/mel-arrow-of-mccann-london-my-top-tips-for-cannes/ The teams waited. It felt like when they were juniors, waiting for the Creative Director to rip them to shreds. Flashbacks. They were more senior now but on days like this, no more confident. There was no argument. It was a roman Emperor thumbs up or down. The decision… Read the rest

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2024/05/22/what-marketers-are-forecasting-the-uk-s-summer-general-election She was glad it was a summer one. No-one, no matter how committed, wants to campaign in the dark, cold days of winter. She was excited. Her first campaign. Her family had been local activists for generations, front-line troops in a minor forgotten constituency. The leadership popped in once… Read the rest

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/best-places-work-2024-employees-pinpoint-bosses-succeed/1873184 It’s a sort of open secret. Every New Gen knows about it. The companies know we use it. They don’t like it. We can see right into their business, how AI fits into the business, what the AI staff are really like to work. how they will manage us.… Read the rest

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/20/1092681/ai-models-can-outperform-humans-in-tests-to-identify-mental-states We’re used to be being ‘looked after’. Company wearables have long been glowing red, yellow or green as we prepared for our 360PRA. We learned to manage those. Some breathing at important moments kept us within the right limits. Once the company started ‘looking after’ our moods, we figured… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/86b76229-bd48-4c07-8c8f-3b0cbf340a55 It was an historic campus. He imagined the days when his hero walked through the same doors, down the same corridors. “Art School”. The very words were old fashioned but so powerful. He was following in the footsteps of the greats. There were ghosts. He knew the stories, those… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/metas-latest-experiment-copies-bereal-and-snapchats-core-ideas/ She had one shot. She tried to tell herself it wasn’t important, that there’d be another one tomorrow. She tried her mindfulness breathing exercises, centred herself, looked for her inner something or other. What did they call it? It didn’t work. She wanted to opt out but that wasn’t… Read the rest