On stage and off stage, angst about AI seems to be shifting. Last year’s theme at Cannes was how tech platforms might disrupt agencies with AI-generated ads. This year, marketers are now among the many feeling disrupted (and increasingly disoriented) when it comes to how their
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Advice on vibecoding a personal COO agent for calendar and events
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Anyone have advice on how to easily vibecode an agent as my own personal COO to keep track meetings/events on my calendar, invites to track & help me decide between & related docs, links, bookmarks, etc.?
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AI agent called 9000+ French bakeries to track baguette price
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Brilliant to come across this right before @Cannes_Lions
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AI avatars and fake content concerns highlighted in policy newsletter
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It's especially timely especially as more online content and ads use AI avatars, fake product demonstrators, fake political supporters, etc. It was just a brief mention, but this week's edition also has a bunch of other recent AI policy news: https://
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New NY state law mandates disclosure of AI-generated synthetic performers
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PSA: As we mentioned in Monday's @BigTechnology newsletter, a new NY state law went into effect yesterday requiring ads disclose when they feature AI-generated humans (aka "synthetic performers.")
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Apple’s AI problem not yet an iPhone problem, but for how long?
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Happy #WWDC26 day! Something to think about as the keynote gets underway: @Apple
’s AI problem still hasn’t become an iPhone problem. And so far that's fine, but for how long? Read more in today's @BigTechnology preview from me and @Kantrowitz
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Old blog post on AI token reckoning and BigTechnology event
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I came across that old blog post while writing about the AI token reckoning for yesterday’s @BigTechnology newsletter. Read more about tokens, other recent AI news, recent Anthropic updates and info about @Kantrowitz
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AI costs soar like AC bills, contradicting Altman’s cheap forecast
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Last June, Sam Altman wrote a blog post predicting “Intelligence too cheap to meter is well within grasp” and the “cost of intelligence should eventually converge to near the cost of electricity.” A year later, AI costs feel more like an AC bill in the middle of a heat wave.
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Quotable lines from speech on AI success factors
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Lots of quotable lines in @AGSNYT
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Using ChatGPT and Suno to Create a Song from Legal Evidence
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A new text thread calls for a new song! I took this group chat from evidence in Musk v. Altman and turned it into a Modest Mouse-style song with Suno, using ChatGPT to structure lyrics. Title comes from Sam Altman’s text: “It’s bullshit but I want to save this.”