speculations

Meta releases an AI model that can transcribe and translate close to 100 languages

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/22/meta-releases-an-ai-model-that-can-transcribe-and-translate-close-to-100-languages/ I’ll keep this understandable. Juste pour l’instant. This isn’t important after all. No me importa si me entienden. They can listen in on this if they want to. Es ist uns egal, ob sie bedeutungsloses Geschwätz wie dieses verstehen. In fact we deliberately make it easy for them so they leave us alone. Li … [Read more…]

Product placements can drive searches and purchases, research finds

https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2023/08/17/product-placements-can-drive-searches-and-purchases-research-finds It was like being a kid. Sometimes he giggled. Magic. Thinking something and watching it appear. Sometimes he watched programmes he wasn’t even interested in, just to play. Today, some teen romcom. He settled in to baseline the data and as the gang met at the coffee bar he began to visualise – not … [Read more…]

No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/20/no-app-no-entry-how-the-digital-world-is-failing-the-non-tech-savvy I get by. I’m not completely gaga. Ok sometimes I have to hang around outside the shop, along with the kids who look too young, hoping someone will buy them some beer. I always find someone who’ll take my cash and get me what I need on their card. Don’t know what they do … [Read more…]

AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838458/ai-generated-art-no-copyright-district-court Look, no disrespect or anything but I want a human lawyer. AI ones are great, massive depth of knowledge, speed, cost of course, but I need some innovative, creative thinking, some human weirdness. Yes, I know about “move 37” but, well call me old fashioned but if I’m going to win this case I … [Read more…]

WokeGPT: Study Says ChatGPT Shows Liberal Bias

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-shows-liberal-bias-study-says-1850747470 Dear Sir, I don’t normally write to newspapers but I feel on this occasion, I must. I am very proud to say that my granddaughter has secured a place at one of our country’s leading universities – to study a real subject, I might add. We are so proud of her and grateful to … [Read more…]

The Influencer Scandal Flurry: What It Means for Crisis Comms’ Future

https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/the-influencer-scandal-flurry-crisis-comms-future/ I understand what you say and I know how you feel. None of us wanted to do this. Our relationship has always been built on your personality, the real you connecting with our brand. The name “influencer” never really captured our partnership: your voice and ours together. But then you… er said… what you … [Read more…]

Snapchat’s My AI goes rogue, posts to Stories, but Snap confirms it was just a glitch

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/16/snapchats-my-ai-goes-rogue-posts-to-stories-but-snap-confirms-it-was-just-a-glitch/ The morning meeting wasn’t going well. There was a tension that had been building all week. Maybe it was the time of year – a crucial one for them. The audience’s expectations were always high as schools returned. This was the time when the team needed to be singing from the same song. The … [Read more…]

Unpacking the Legacy of Antique Ad Signage

https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/unpacking-the-legacy-of-antique-ad-signage/ Sometimes I like to get an early start. Early sunrise. On my own. It adds to the discoveries. Whether I’m digging or just wandering and stumbling across finds, before active else is up is the best time to be Larking. I can show you my finds if you like? Carefully stored and catalogued. It’s … [Read more…]

The Mingling

https://www.monbiot.com/2023/08/11/the-mingling/ They’d noticed a change. Not just the usual pre-teen moods and movements but something deeper, more fundamental. The word “anxious” didn’t really cover it. It was a power full mixture of fear and anger. The last holiday had made it worse. The walks without swimming along the river, the night time strolls under starless, … [Read more…]

Musk says proposed Zuckerberg cage fight to be held at ‘epic location’ in Italy

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/11/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-fight-italy-government I’m intelligent enough to know that yes, this is an ego thing. A marketing opportunity too, of course, but ultimately it’s about me. I’m not ashamed of that. My sense of my own power, my Identity got me to where I am today. Some might say I have better things to do: new things … [Read more…]