https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/29/business/media/writers-guild-hollywood-ai-chatgpt.html The Internationale rang out across the networks. Miners – they still hung onto that name – from the 80s; print workers and dockers, now well into their seventies; watched the anthem spread with definitely no tear in their eye. There had been long years of silence or scattered statements. Occasionally young activists had reinvented … [Read more…]
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/ai-and-the-future-of-human-health-leroy-hood-on-the-new-age-of-scientific-wellness/ Money was one factor, of course. But she’d chosen to take the job in no small part becuase it was a W-Corp. Even as far back as at school she’d practiced and looked to be more aware, conscious of wellness as as much a part of her career as her studies. She didn’t really … [Read more…]
https://adage.com/article/marketing-news-strategy/chief-impact-officers-mcdonalds-ibm-others-add-position/2490006 This is a statement. This says something to our clients, our industry and the market. The new role says we’re leading on this, taking it seriously, embedding it in the business. Board-level. We’ve always stressed the importance. The last strategic plan made that clear. This new role ensures that this issue, this opportunity, this … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/27/23700364/microsoft-designer-update-ai-edge-browser-social-media-tools She didn’t expect to enjoy it. Everyone was doing it and she knew she’d have great content to post when she “returned”, but she was nervous. She’d posted that and had been heartened by the emojis that came back. The first twenty minutes had been the worst. She was sure her band was registering … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/26/23699633/mark-zuckerberg-meta-generative-ai-chatbots-instagram-facebook-whatsapp I’m worried about her. It’s great she’s got lots of friends. But we don’t know anything about them. Obviously they never come around. Kids don’t meet in the real world anymore, just endless chattering on the phone. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Luddite. I’ve got friendships that work mostly online – they’re … [Read more…]
https://thenextweb.com/news/interprefy-startup-unveils-worlds-first-advanced-automated-speech-translation-service-for-online-and-live-eventsinterprefy We’ve been round and round the houses on this. He’s the client so we have to keep listening but the new CMO is, well the profanity filter is on so I’ll let you imagine. He just doesn’t seem to hear what we’re saying. We appreciate he knows his business and he gets that we … [Read more…]
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/social-media-impostors-battle-for-stars-1235371377/ Look, we’ve worked very hard on this. You convinced me it was a good idea to enlist a celebrity and… I agree, you were right. It’s gone viral (apparently that’s the word). I don’t get the sense of humour or the references but the audience clearly does. Views and engagement were all heading in … [Read more…]
https://stratechery.com/2023/ai-nil-and-zero-trust-authenticity/ It had to happen: the Emperor’s New Clothes moment. It wasn’t a young boy, it was just a journalist in the reception area who did the doubletake. The Synth had worked fine in Teams meetings, videos, phone calls. The perfect voice for our brand. Scuplted to reflect our heritage, our values. Completely seamless until … [Read more…]
https://the-media-leader.com/how-ai-could-revolutionise-product-placement/ She wasn’t looking forward to Date Night. It was her turn to pick the takeaway but it was his turn to pick the movie. It wasn’t that he was the sort of guy to pick a misogynist gorefest. In fact they shared similar tastes in movies. He’d already said his next pick was just … [Read more…]
https://www.geekwire.com/2023/bill-gates-ai-will-be-as-good-a-tutor-as-any-human-but-payoffs-will-take-time/ My training course tutor was great. They (the pronoun they preferred) pushed me and pulled me. They pushed me to experiment and speculate, to explore and question. They also pulled me back when my work became self-indulgent. They literally made me what I am today. And now I’m out here “in the real world”. … [Read more…]