CURATED CONTENT | MONDAY, JUNE 17

TECH | AI

• Apple joins the race to find an AI icon that makes sense

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/15/apple-joins-the-race-to-find-an-ai-icon-that-makes-sense/

• McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/16/24179679/mcdonalds-ending-ai-chatbot-drive-thru-ordering-test-ibm

• AI Puts CIOs in the Spotlight, Right Next to the CEO. About 63% of U.S. technology leaders report directly to their chief executives, reflecting a record high driven by AI, according to a Deloitte survey

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-puts-cios-in-the-spotlight-alongside-the-ceo-efa2f9d2?mod=tech_feat1_ai_pos2

• Brands Are Beginning to Turn Against AI. After lots of hype from big tech and a rush to integrate trendy new tools into every aspect of our lives, the backlash seems inevitable

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-image-brand-backlash-1235040371/

FILM

• Pixar Comes Alive: ‘Inside Out 2’ Turns Box Office Right Side Up With 2nd Best Animated Pic Opening Of All-Time At $155M

https://deadline.com/2024/06/box-office-inside-out-2-1235973432/

CANNES LIONS 2024

• AI is set to take over advertising's biggest event of the year — and perhaps the industry itself

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-is-set-to-dominate-cannes-lions-ad-festival-2024-6

SPORTS

• Lionel Messi Merch Expected to be Strong Seller for New Licensee,?Centric. Branded product will be created in a wide variety of categories from men's and womenswear to kids and home.

https://wwd.com/business-news/mergers-acquisitions/centric-brands-lionel-messi-license-1236374757/

• Soccer Star Ronaldo Buys Stake in Porcelain Maker Vista Alegre

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-14/soccer-star-ronaldo-buys-stake-in-porcelain-maker-vista-alegre?srnd=homepage-middle-east&embedded-checkout=true

HISTORY

• The New Talking Machines. A noted architect and writer commends Thomas Edison for his progress in developing the phonograph and predicts great things for its future.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1889/02/the-new-talking-machines/308356/

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

• Chanel’s New High Jewelry Is About Sporty?Allure

https://wwd.com/accessories-news/jewelry/chanel-high-jewelry-sport-collection-1236438283/

• Luxury Labels Slash Prices 50% to Lure Wary Chinese Shoppers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-13/luxury-labels-slash-prices-50-to-lure-wary-chinese-shoppers

• Vespa Unveils ‘The Empty Space,’ Its Lifestyle Project, Starting From?Fashion. The scooter maker doesn’t want to become a fashion brand, but rather start speaking new languages for different audiences.

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/vespa-unveils-lifestyle-product-extension-fashion-line-1236441660/

• Six Flags opens its first luxury hotel, which features daily giraffe feedings at safari-themed park

https://fortune.com/2024/06/16/six-flags-first-luxury-hotel-savannah-sunset-resort-spa-safari-theme-park/

BRANDING & MARKETING

• "Multisensory branding" lets you sniff, taste, hear, see and touch a company

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/14/multisensory-marketing-mastercard-branding-priceless

• Havas to Help Brands with Ozempic and Weight Loss Marketing Strategies Dedicated Group Will Offer Marketing, Branding and Product Advice

https://adage.com/article/marketing-news-strategy/havas-ozempic-and-weight-loss-marketing-strategies-brands/2565301

ART

• Renaissance painting once stolen and found at bus stop could sell for $32 million at art auction.Tiziano Vecellio’s early masterpiece “The Rest on the Flight Into Egypt” was found in a bag in southwest London in 2002 by Charles Hill, an art detective at the time.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/renaissance-painting-stolen-found-bus-stop-sell-32-million-art-auction-rcna157195

• The Spellbinding, Bookish World of Art Nouveau Posters. Accompanying a show at The Met, The Art of the Literary Poster examines the commercial, artistic, and political dimensions of the late-19th-century form.

https://hyperallergic.com/925654/the-spellbinding-bookish-world-of-art-nouveau-posters/