Just look at how quickly Deepmind turned around their reputation; partly thanks to better product, but also a lot thanks to much better engagement. Very positive, really focused on listening and quick and effective action in response.
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Democratizing creativity: removing barriers to entry in AI
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Great comparison. Taste + craft can come from anywhere. Who knows what we've been missing out on w a higher barrier to entry?
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Skunkworks Program Drives Rapid Innovation During Economic Turbulence
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These times of economic turbulence call for adaptation. Accordingly, we ran a 6-week "skunkworks" program – gathering 14 team members across disciplines and immersing them in a structured environment designed for rapid innovation https://
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AI Lowers Barriers While Raising Quality Standards for Creatives
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Truly an honor to sit down at @Cannes_Lions with marketing legend Colleen DeCourcy to talk AI & what it means for creatives. My take: as the barrier to entry lowers, the quality bar actually rises. Judgement, craft, curation, aesthetic, brand – they matter even more.
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3rd Annual AI Film Festival Concludes Successfully
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The 3rd Annual AI Film Festival has officially come to a close. Thank you to all of our incredible filmmakers, festival partners, jurors and attendees for making this our biggest year yet.
— Runway (@runwayml) 18 juin 2025
Panels, winning films and exclusive interviews coming soon. We’ll see you next year. pic.twitter.com/iakB34bJD3The 3rd Annual AI Film Festival has officially come to a close. Thank you to all of our incredible filmmakers, festival partners, jurors and attendees for making this our biggest year yet. Panels, winning films and exclusive interviews coming soon. We’ll see you next year.
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Metaverse Economy: Mirage or Mega Asset?
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Adi-bytes : The #Metaverse economy: Mirage or mega asset?
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AI avatars outperform humans in livestream sales and market trends
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Top stories in AI today: – China’s AI avatars outsell humans in livestream
– OpenAI lands $200M Pentagon contract
– How to design perfect interfaces with v0
– Gemini 2.5 family goes GA with new flash-lite
– 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities Read more: https://
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Pope Leo Embraces AI Technology in Religious Context
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Pope Leo takes on #AI #RiseoftheRobots https://
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Freelance AI and Advertising Article Published in New York Times
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Surreal seeing my freelance article about AI, ads and @Cannes_Lions in Monday's print issue of @nytimes
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Darren Aronofsky collaborates with AI filmmaker on Veo creative tools
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Great to be collaborating with one of the best filmmakers in the world @DarrenAronofsky on the design and use of AI tools like Veo for creative expression. The brilliant first film from our collaboration Ancestra by Eliza McNitt just premiered @Tribeca: https://t.co/5iyV0zciRi https://t.co/WRsH7mNzPy
— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) 17 juin 2025Great to be collaborating with one of the best filmmakers in the world @DarrenAronofsky on the design and use of AI tools like Veo for creative expression. The brilliant first film from our collaboration Ancestra by Eliza McNitt just premiered @Tribeca
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youtu.be/HEs9miwtwh4