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https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/20/uber-eats-is-launching-a-delivery-service-with-cartkens-sidewalk-robots-in-japan/ He started when he was a student. Not great money but easy and flexible and, heh he got to ride his bike. Not as glamorous as the couriers of the past but something. He continued after he graduated, partly because he couldn’t get a “proper” job as his dad… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/openai-text-to-video-ai-model-sora-brand-films He knew that someone had to do it. And it would probably have to be him. He was in charge of the account, they’d say. He was already getting increasingly agitated messages from the Creative Director. It was only a matter of time before she “jumped on a call”… Read the rest

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/travel/facial-recognition-airports-biometrics.html Half the family were excited, the other half less so. The eldest pulled his case along chattering: asking which seat he was going to have and the whether the hotel’s swimming pool had a slide. The parents were less animated. Stressed. Checking their e-wallets for all the right paperwork,… Read the rest

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/walkman-memories-still-in-love-with-old-tech When I use one, all the memories come back. Those hours in the university library finishing the essay I’d put off until the last minute. The time I created that special Valentine’s day message written in the style of her favourite author that didn’t get me anywhere! Those long… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/creativity/aiq-podcast-generative-ai-changing-advertising-industry/ As far as I can see she has us over a barrel. There’s nothing we can do. If she wants to do it, we have to let her. I know how much that will cost! I didn’t write the validation documentation and there’s nothing in there that says she… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/15/i-read-comics-on-apples-vision-pro-it-was-fine/ The picture are better. When I was kid they used to say that about radio. Something about the listener filling in the details, adding the colour. I feel the same about words. Heh I like a vurt and a mix as much as the next geek. Surround movies and… Read the rest

https://adage.com/article/ad-age-events/dont-miss-out-gen-z-summit-set-march-6/2541876 It had been a dream since, well she couldn’t remember. Her parents told her that she’d played the role even before she knew the word “model”. She knew the critiques: she had feminist friends who talked about “objectification” and even “selling out”. She didn’t fall out with them but… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/your-ai-girlfriend-is-a-data-harvesting-horror-show-1851253284 It’s our thing. Heh, I’ve seen what happens with my friends. They fall for them, get really involved, get all private and huddly, sitting in a corner whispering to each other. The two of them. Just them. Oh it’s all lovely for a while and then something happens. They… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/12/24071248/alicia-keys-vocals-changed-super-bowl-2024-usher-halftime-performance Of course we’re interested. He’s a great fan of the event and, yes of course it reaches a key demographic for us. The figures you’re quoting are in the right area for us, we can fine tune the details when we have an agreement in principle. He’s very excited… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/fc099a19-edde-44b7-97d7-e58ca43131f2 It’s good to have them back of course. I still remember the final argument. The shouting. The anger – on both sides. The words none of us can take back or forget. I still hear that terrible phrase “dead to me”. Even so, I know my husband still thinks… Read the rest