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Livestream Replay: The War Machine
The defense tech industry has been supercharged under President Trump. Our panel of experts will help make sense of Big Tech's role in various military operations unfolding across the world—including the federal government's occupation of Minnesota, the bombings of boats in the Caribbean, and the war in Iran and it's consequences across the Middle East. Our discussion will be guided…
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Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Grace Teng is partner and chief media officer at the ad agency Zambezi and its media…
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Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup cofounded by Meta’s former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, announced Monday it has raised more than $1 billion to develop AI world models.LeCun argues that most human reasoning is grounded in the physical world, not language, and that AI world models are…
Is creator TV the next era of television?
TV has transformed before our eyes: A medium that was first dominated by networks and then cable companies has fast become streaming-centric. Could it now be time for the age of creator TV?According to the creator platform Spotter, that new age is already here. At its second annual Showcase event…
Iran Warns US Tech Firms Could Become Targets as War Expands
Major US technology companies have been named as potential targets as the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States begins to spill into the digital infrastructure that powers modern economies.Iranian state-linked media this week published a list of offices and infrastructure run by US companies with Israeli links whose…
Want your brand to stand out? Consider breaking a world record
It’s generally frowned upon to create ad campaigns or fudge campaign numbers with the primary purpose of winning industry awards. What if taking home a prize became the ad itself?Consider the Guinness World Record, which allows for people and organizations, including brands, to attempt to go down in history by…
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When the user asks “What enemy military unit is in the region?” the AIP Assistant guesses that it’s “likely an armor attack battalion based on the pattern of the equipment.” This prompts the analyst to request a MQ-9 Reaper drone to survey the scene. They then ask the AIP Assistant…
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Why Hyundai locked up a jersey sponsorship with Boston Legacy FC early
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