https://thenextweb.com/news/vr-brain-training-football-cognitive-skills Somewhere between a Sergeant from a Vietnam war movie and the PE teacher in Kes. You know the sort. His voice has one volume and his sentences always have the same number of words. I guess you have to respect him. He’s taken the team to where it is now. That doesn’t mean you … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1996934 It wasn’t just the kids that were excited. Real world school visits were hard work but now so rare, the teachers were happy to do them if the health and safety AI signed them off. The class were just glad to be seeing each other. Older teachers muttered about fresh air and play as … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/17/reencle-teases-a-hungrier-quieter-home-composter-for-a-price/ We’ve had one for a while. No idea for how much longer though. It was a talking point at first, particularly at dinner parties or kids’ birthday parties. It was a statement of what we believed as much as a functional thing. We got it when everyone we knew seemed obsessed with privacy, paranoid … [Read more…]
https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2024/01/78-of-adland-demand-better-mental-health-support/ She was used to the alerts. The company didn’t call them “alerts” of course, far too triggering. No they were “notes”, accompanied by musical notes specially composed for their consonant feel. She knew she was being cynical and why, the note told her. As had the system at her most recent “drop in”. The … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-launch-custom-chatbot-openai-gpt-store/ It’s a bit like when you were a kid and had a secret language your parents couldn’t understand. My brother and I would talk. Really annoyed my dad. That was part of the point. I’m not a kid now but a “secret” language is even more important. Certain authorities would love to know what … [Read more…]
https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/taylor-swift-deepfake-ads-what-brands-need-know-about-generative-ai- The company didn’t call it surveillance. It never had. Even in The Before when it was just a manager touring the floors, it was… well management. Key stroke logging was just for getting productivity data. “Nothing to see here”, they said with no sense of irony. When the workforce dispersed and then “reconnected” – … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/13/ai-girlfriend-chatbots I’m one of the few people who like the company parties. The virtual ones. They began during The Shift obviously and those early ones were a bit clunky but then when we got The Verse they got interesting. I remember when Chris was a superhero for the afternoon. And Jo got their avatar some … [Read more…]
https://admin.thedrum.com/news/2024/01/12/marketers-ces-2024- predict-ai-evolution-ad-renaissance-more-come-the-new-vear Words: 100 It wasn’t his favourite bit of the job. He much preferred his spreadsheets or the meetings with agencies where he could feel creative for a few hours. When you got to his level it was a mixture of numbers and ideas. But it was also his job to talk to journalists. … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/11/snapchat-lets-parents-restrict-their-teens-using-apps-my-ai-chatbot-view-their-privacy-settings/ It was my big brother who made the introduction. He’d been using the guy for years. All his mates had. No one knew his real name. They just called Neo. Some reference apparently. Neo was good. Very good. He not only got you access, he made sure your parents never knew. He saved my … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/walmart-makes-a-rare-ces-appearance-to-promote-ai-powered-shopping-005538465.html I grew up watching Friends. I remember when Rachel worked as a personal shopper, helping an attractive guy find the right look. I never thought I’d have a personal shopper but here I am buying stuff that I know is right for me. Rachel has said so and she should know. I can relax, … [Read more…]