https://newatlas.com/technology/uw-room-noise-cancellation/ They were silent of course but still looked and felt like a cloud of insects buzzing around his head. As well as the job they were doing, what he liked was what they said about him: here was someone important, with things to talk about, secrets to keep. He nodded at others who had … [Read more…]
https://www.campaignlive.com/article/wunderman-thompson-develops-tech-analyze-emotional-responses-ads/1837703 The shoot was going well. She knew it and the data showed it. The timetable was still green, the live budget was on track, the themes were still trending so the impact predictions were within the right parameters. It was going well on her terms too. She was getting the look and feel she … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/why-esports-companies-hope-generational-fandom-brings-sustainability-to-the-industry I’ll admit it, it wasn’t planned. But we’re made up. I’m nervous of course. Who’s ever ready to be a dad? Sometimes it’s the little things: how do you know the bath is the right temperature? Sometimes big: what if she wants to be a banker? But Il one thing I can be sure … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/instead-of-fine-tuning-an-llm-as-a-first-approach-try-prompt-architecting-instead/ I hate Tuesday. Wednesday, you’re half way and then Thursday and Friday, it’s downhill. Monday? Hey, deal with it. But Tuesday… and then they put a double period first thing. Look, I have one language. I can write and read it good (I’m kidding).I don’t need to learn another. Sitting in the lab talking … [Read more…]
https://www.marketing-interactive.com/coca-cola-takes-a-look-into-the-future-with-new-ai-powered-drink I watched the shows as a kid. Celebrity chefs – men of course – screaming and occasionally throwing things at a kitchen of underlings. I was mesmerised by how this loud violence could sit alongside such sublime, perfect, still beauty in the dishes. Of course there was the #we’rechefstoo backlash before I started training. … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/3896db38-e7be-4679-9a40-caac9f7618ea Surely it wasn’t that long ago. Where had time gone? They found themselves letting the algorithms tell the stories as their son got ready for the ceremony. “On this day” their screens announced and they filled in the memory. He was excited, of course. A man at last… although the gender arguments they’d had … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/24/rishi-sunak-to-hold-ai-summit-at-bletchley-park-home-of-enigma-codebreakershttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/24/rishi-sunak-to-hold-ai-summit-at-bletchley-park-home-of-enigma-codebreaker It wasn’t a round table. Maybe it should have been. It was too big for that. There was no head to the table but the politician was clearly running the show. Looking down, as the room’s cameras and networks were, you could see those seated: the philosophers, the engineers, the lawyers, the artists, the … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968452 Here you go. They didn’t have oat milk, sorry. Yes the machine does, but I wanted to discuss this “off site”. Legal are worried. I asked why we couldn’t run the system after the fact and they gave me that look they’ve perfected… I wish I had a system to deal with that! They’re … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/agencies/how-to-make-in-housing-work-for-your-company/ We completely understand the decision you’ve made. We know the trend. Having the expertise inside the business makes sense. Access to more data, faster response to wider business shifts and those intangible benefits: closer relationships, ties and the sense of the house that we’re all in! We get it. Remember when we tried creating … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-60-dollar-icloud-storage-tier-is-the-future/ When you find out you’re expecting, you’re overwhelmed by worries big and small: how do you feed a baby? Change them? Bath them? What if he grows up to be a fascist or not stand their round in the pub? And then there are the logistical worries: decorating the house, reconfiguring the smart home … [Read more…]