Good piece by @LaurenGoode about social media’s “quarter-life crisis.” https://
wired.com/story/social-m
edia-has-run-out-of-fresh-ideas/
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Social Media Quarter-Life Crisis: Innovation Exhaustion
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MacFoundation Job Opening for Local News Innovation
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Dream job with @macfound for anyone interested in local news & innovation. https://
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Europe begins AI regulation audit testing next month
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A big test for regulating AI/ML begins next month in Europe. https://
euractiv.com/section/platfo
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Brands Implementing GenAI: Real-World Use Cases
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Anyone know of a brand that’s used GenAI in this way yet?
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Multimodal AI for Brand Visual Asset Analysis and Rebranding
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Now I’m curious if anyone has used multimodal capabilities with generative AI to examine visual assets for a potential brand or rebrand.
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GenAI stress testing brands guidelines and brand strategy applications
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This is a smart idea for using GenAI to stress test any brand via various guidelines/theories, seems like a great application for any company to experiment with. As for Twitter specifically, I keep thinking about how “X” is often no more than a placeholder for something else.
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Snap and Meta to Report Quarterly Earnings This Week
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Snap’s also expected to release its quarterly earnings after markets close, followed by Meta tomorrow.
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Microsoft Alphabet earnings reveal AI race progress and GenAI ads
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Big earnings day with Microsoft & Alphabet both reporting results after the closing bell. This should give people some sense of how the past few months of the ongoing AI race has gone for each company. (Also will be worth watching what they say about progress for GenAI ads.)
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TikTok Launches Text Posts to Compete with X Platform
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TikTok is also looking to eat X’s lunch. https://
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Twitter’s 2016 Marketing Push: A Decade in Review
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I remember writing this in Austin during @sxsw 2016 as Twitter increased marketing but struggled with growth. (The app made its big debut at SXSW 2007 less than a year after its 2006 launch.) Here's a link in case anyone wants to join me down Memory Lane: