artificial intelligence

Rapper Pras’ lawyer used AI to defend him in criminal case—it did not go well

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/fugees-rapper-blames-conviction-on-his-lawyers-ai-fueled-closing-argument/ I’m just grateful really. Obviously there is the language thing and, well I don’t have any money so the fact I get it free. Amazing. When you’re faced with the whole weight of the state, its bureaucracy and power: it’s scary. The letters, the forms, the legal language: it’s intimidating. Having my own lawyer: … [Read more…]

BBC’s rigidity over ‘the T word’ is damaging its reputation

https://the-media-leader.com/bbcs-rigidity-over-the-t-word-is-damaging-its-reputation/ I’ve seen it all. I started as a journalist just as the Web was decimating classified advertising. Lived and wrote through the dotcom bubble when we built destinations and the social bubble when we built “communities”. I’ve been lucky to work in an age if synthetic media for a company that hung on to … [Read more…]

SpeakerBeam hearing aid tech only amplifies specific people’s voices

https://newatlas.com/wearables/speakerbeam-hearing-aid-specific-voices/ The great thing about this company is how open they are to ideas. I’ve got friends at other places where they are never invited to meetings and when they are, they’re never invited to contribute. Not here. I’m regularly in meetings with senior staff where we all get our moment to speak. Just the … [Read more…]

Advertising Week Briefing: How AI is expected to dominate this year’s conference

https://digiday.com/marketing/advertising-week-briefing-how-ai-is-expected-to-dominate-this-years-conference/?utm_campaign=digidaydis&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=general-rss It’s good to get ‘out of the office’. Well of course I’m not really OOO, we never are. Always a message to respond to, a vital piece of information that only I seem to know that someone needs! But the chance to get some new knowledge and of course to network. The contacts and … [Read more…]

Do pro cyclists train indoors? Looking at how WorldTour pros use indoor cycling over winter

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/do-pro-cyclists-train-indoors-looking-at-how-worldtour-pros-use-indoor-cycling-over-winter/ Well you do it for your kids don’t you? Heh she might make it and earn millions and pay us back! No seriously, she loves it. Even those cold winter mornings she’s out of bed, healthy breakfast and ready. And we’re there with her making sure she makes every training session, every practice. I … [Read more…]

AI forces a rethink on executive MBA teaching

https://www.ft.com/content/c5877029-6463-4eba-92c1-8b5b3fd028e6 Our tutors are all ex-industry. Some still work there. That is so important. Knowing that what they teach us comes from a deep knowledge and experience of working with business problems means the course content is relevant and up-to-date but, just as important, we get to work with industry people. As one tutor said: … [Read more…]

Technology that lets us “speak” to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/18/1061320/digital-clones-of-dead-people/ We all miss him. I can still see him with his cup of coffee – so many spoonfuls of sugar – with that impish smile. Poised to come out with one of his jokes. I loved him. He was always there with advice and more. But it’s not just me. We’re all feeling it. … [Read more…]

Adobe created a symbol to encourage tagging AI-generated content

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/10/23911381/adobe-ai-generated-content-symbol-watermark The appeals process is so slow. It’s good you can appeal but I have to take it down until the decision. I could leave it up with the Balance Mark as it is but… Well that’s why I’m appealing! I fill in the details, not just the time the human and AI spent but … [Read more…]

What to do when your colleague steals your ideas

https://the-media-leader.com/what-to-do-when-your-colleague-steals-your-ideas/ The senior team still demanded presentations. “Open dialogue”, they called it but everyone knew it was an old-fashioned power play. They arranged the room, their chairs and even their notebooks (digital and analog) just so. You took to a stage. A spotlight on your idea. He waited to present, feeling like he’d been sent … [Read more…]

Artists across industries are strategizing together around AI concerns

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/06/creatives-across-industries-are-strategizing-together-around-ai-concerns/ There was dark humor about whether a picket line was worth doing when most people worked from home but there was something about standing outside the offices. They couldn’t have a brazier on the Shoreditch pavement so they huddled around an eco heater they got delivered in 15 mins. The banners, deliberately hand drawn … [Read more…]