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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… Read the rest

What Maybelline’s ‘faux OOH’ ads say about the future of advertising in augmented reality

https://digiday.com/marketing/what-maybellines-faux-ooh-ads-say-about-the-future-of-advertising-in-augmented-reality He sometimes considered getting a turtle. A flâneur always has a turtle. A guide as well as a dictator of the pace of proper wandering. There was probably some Kickstarter robotics firm he could find, he thought we he meandered through his city. He noticed the rain boxing off… Read the rest

Why it’s impossible to build an unbiased AI language model

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/08/1077403/why-its-impossible-to-build-an-unbiased-ai-language-model/ Have they never read any Barthes or Althusser or even Derrida? I mean language is not neutral. Signs: ideology, power are woven through. There is no such think as a simple objective piece of language. Bias, if you want to use that term, is baked in. We all speak… Read the rest

‘Perfectly Imperfect’: Resurfacing the Soul of Social Media in the Era of AI

https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/perfectly-imperfect-resurfacing-the-soul-of-social-media-in-the-era-of-ai/ Most of my contemporaries are perfect. That’s why I’m special. You want airbrushed beauty, platonic form, absolute… Oh I don’t know the word, they do. Because they’re perfect and I’m not. I forget, I make mistakes, I miss… Sometimes they try and do it. Mimic. Add a bit of… Read the rest

Apple Patent Says Siri Could Be Trained to Read Your Lips

https://gizmodo.com/apple-patent-siri-read-lips-1850704698 You have to practice. It’s not easy saying nothing. I know one person who even tried Botox! You don’t think about it until you have to. What do poker players call it? “The tell”. Those micro expressions and movements that tell your opponent when to raise or fold. But… Read the rest

For Gen Zers, Brand Purpose Means Helping Us Impact The World

https://adage.com/article/opinion/gen-zers-brand-purpose-means-helping-us-impact-world/2506546 The kettle was boiling. The police had sealed the exits and behind their shields and visors they were settling in. Their iron fist colleagues were waiting in the side streets but the velvet glove was still running the show. Gradually choking, the hope was. Their phones had been blocked… Read the rest

Microsoft Teams adds spatial audio for more immersive conference calls

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/1/23816235/microsoft-teams-mac-windows-spatial-audio-now-available She hadn’t got to where she was now without reading the room. It was a form of networking, she always said. She just knew where to be, whose conversation to join in and most importantly, what snatches to pick up on. She had a way off not just hearing… Read the rest

How Ralph Lauren’s ‘phygital’ boot sale in Fortnite shows benefits — and limits — of virtual commerce

https://digiday.com/marketing/how-ralph-laurens-phygital-boot-sale-in-fortnite-shows-benefits-and-limits-of-virtual-commerce He thought of it as a family firm. It wasn’t, obviously. It was a global luxury business owned by a shadowy nested doll of holding companies with names that didn’t resonate like the one he always said he worked for. His dad had worked here. His aunt. Generations. Heh… Read the rest