Entertainment
Grimes wants fans to deepfake her music
Grimes is embracing that her likeness will be co-opted for AI.
Articles by David Vendrell
Media
Twitter’s new blue checks court controversy
The whole fiasco may become a textbook case of a CEO’s ability to personally damage a brand’s offerings.
Business
People secretly work multiple jobs with ChatGPT
The Future. While remote work led some enterprising people to work two jobs simultaneously… ChatGPT has employees multiplying themselves and working three to four positions. It’s the tech-enabled apex of hustle culture. If enough people learn how to leverage AI to work multiple occupations simultaneously, having a single job may, strangely, be a thing of […]
Stories
Webflow lets users build websites with a prompt
Webflow’s new AI tool wants to make designing a website almost as effortless as hiring a web designer.
Culture
Smart classrooms may boost literacy
The Future. While remote work led some enterprising people to work two jobs simultaneously… ChatGPT has employees multiplying themselves and working three to four positions. It’s the tech-enabled apex of hustle culture. If enough people learn how to leverage AI to work multiple occupations simultaneously, having a single job may, strangely, be a thing of […]
Media
Naomi Osaka’s media company gets a lift from SpringHill
Hana Kuma is striking out on its own.
Entertainment
Author Stephen Marche builds a co-writer with AI
Author and journalist Stephen Marche “wrote” the novel Death of an Author using three AI systems. The AI co-writer, named Aidan Marchine (also an AI-generation), may test the limits of what constitutes “creation” and actual “writing” in the eyes of the literary industry, the law, and, ultimately, the reading public. A Marche & Marchine novel […]
Gaming
The Super Marios Bros. theme song was programmed to be an earworm
TheFuture. The original Super Mario Bros. theme song is a work of both music and programming genius (we’re sure you’re whistling it right now). Yet, its creator, Koji Kondo, is relatively unknown. Considering its enduring success since 1985 and the outsized success that The Super Mario Bros. Movie is currently enjoying, Kondo may soon become […]
Business
Celebrity beauty brands are about to run empty
Celebrity-backed brands have fallen out of vogue in favor of makeup brands that feel legit.
Media
Reddit wants a piece of generative -AI’s success
Reddit has a bone to pick with AI companies.