speculations

Google is reportedly testing an AI tool that can generate news articles

https://www.engadget.com/google-is-reportedly-testing-an-ai-tool-that-can-generate-news-articles-054602544.html Woodward and Bernstein obviously. The Sunday Times Insight team. Carole Cadwalladr. There are so many. I’m standing on the shoulders of giants. There’s never been a shortage of scandals to investigate but now we’re needed more than ever. Fake news, synthetic media, floods of data that overwhelm and hide.… Read the rest

Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23799459/google-meet-ai-generated-videoconferencing-background-image The Stylist was busy. The election campaign was in full swing and the demands for interviews were flooding in Each candidate needed “dressing” and some were more amenable to help than others. The Stylist was the professional. They might be the experts on words, but The Stylist knew what… Read the rest

Hulu’s Animayhem Activation for San Diego Comic-Con Set to Be a Massive Draw

https://www.adweek.com/convergent-tv/hulus-animayhem-activation-san-diego-comic-con/ Heh, I’m a fan. What can I tell you? You know what it’s like when you get into a programme? I mean you can’t blame me, it’s just so… good. The characters. Each episode has drama, tension oh and the humour. You have to admit it’s funny. I mean… Read the rest

‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/technology/artificial-intelligence-models-chat-data.html Getting in isn’t easy. It shouldn’t be. With the challenges – enemies really – surrounding us, we have to be careful. There was the Aunty Turing to start with. I was expecting questions about the canon but, no, they were much weirder than that. I can’t tell you more… Read the rest

‘These courts seemed bursting with potential for a decisive moment’: David Ingraham’s best phone picture

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/15/david-ingraham-best-phone-picture-handball-hangout I don’t hold with this generation of AI snappers. No craft. A photographer sees an arrangement of people and light set to appear and gets ready. She’s imag(in)ing in the shadow of Cartier-Bresson’s decisive moment, the perfect coming together. What makes a real photographer? It’s the eye, the ability… Read the rest

Why social media is hardly social any more

https://www.ft.com/content/53212d61-1717-456d-b982-afa0dcab0936 All the research tells you that friendships are important. It’s relationships that keep you mentally and physically healthy. Heh, one of my friends told me it slows aging. You do have to put the effort in though. Friendships need investment. Time, thought, commitment even. It’s worth it though. I… Read the rest

Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights It was graduation day. The chance to meet the students and their families, watching them turn for a moment from the adults who’d been in class to someone’s son or daughter, uncomfortably introducing “my parents”. They recognised their teacher in the crowd. Stopped for a selfie. Maybe he had… Read the rest

Google’s AI-assisted note-taking app gets limited launch as NotebookLM

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/googles-ai-assisted-note-taking-app-gets-limited-launch-as-notebooklm/ She’d read that Jack Kerouac kept a pocket notebook that shaped the poetry he wrote. He always had it with him. Ready to record a thought, collect an observation he could form into his poetry. Walter Benjamin had been a collector too. His Arcades Project had been written on… Read the rest

Threads’ First Ad Deal Comes From HULU and Creator Adamn Rose

https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/instagram-threads-first-ad-deal-hulus-futurama-adam-rose/2503846 Look, I don’t care. Yes, I’ve read the research on creative effectiveness. I love Orlando Wood’s stuff. Many’s the dinner party conversation and Cannes party fueled by the ideas. And before you ask, yes I’m all in for climbing WARC and Lions’ ladder but, right now, I just want… Read the rest

This Is How The Netflix Generation Will Watch F1 In The Future

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2023/07/07/how-apple-vision-pro-could-transform-f1-viewing/ My dad says he used to stand: swaying and singing with his mates. He remembered when the terraces went and they had to sit. They often didn’t. You couldn’t sing and wind up the other fans sitting down, he used to say. When he first started taking me to… Read the rest