Ideas and News from the Week of March 4, 2024

Welcome to the elastic ideas newscast. Each week we share the most interesting stories centering on AI, Metaverse, Spatial Computing, XR, Innovation and Cultural Dynamics. Feel free to suggest your favorites with a note to me

Week of March 4, 2024 | Episode 5 | Find Your Vibe

Newscast

From Vogue Business and Archrival

This is the most important read you’ll see all week. Archrival and Vogue Business break down the shift in the market from what used to be to what will work next. In the words of the brilliant Taylor Farrell , the new world is “Told not Sold”

From NBC

TIkTok is not the most secure platform, but it has created a huge space in the world for casual entertainment and information. It is what the web was, and of course that makes everyone a bit nervous

From Nasdaq

Web3 is about more than trying to sell your Bored Apes for the highest price

From Tech Crunch

Utility is the value. Identity is the key. This is Not Another JPEG

From Jing daily

Digital Avatars will wear your digital twins while playing games in digital worlds.

Netcast

From Jakob Nielsen

What if you could take individual user needs, combine them through GenAI with your intended content and create something fully, uniquely accessible?

From StockX

A shift is happening within the marketplace. Stores are showrooms, people buy through their phones, people connect through their phones, people connect with each other through their phones and are more and more frustrated by the ‘legacy’ methods of?connecting with brands. It’s just smart business to figure out new ways to connect with your audience

From New Scientist

Quantum Computing is incredible and more advanced than you can imagine. Which is the problem. Now we need to imagine how we can use this technology for more than just breaking codes

From Man of Many

Add new senses to your day with the new Uni-One from Honda.

Noisecast

From Pitchfork

Air’s Moon Safari is hitting the nostalgia tour road. It is a cornerstone of DownTempo and holds up. This will be the most laid-back concert you attend all year

From Freethink

We know that we are able to convert sound to information in our brains through our ears. But what if we were to use an Ultrasound device on our heads? Researchers are looking at how to use noise you can’t hear to help you understand the world

From Wall Street Journal (Some Assembly Required)

Radio is dead, discovery via Streaming is hard and no one plays music through speakers anymore. Musicians are looking to Games as their next best venue to find new fans

From 2pac

Some songs still hit hard. It’s as if the State of the Union speech writers were listening

Smartcast

From Stanford Humanities and Sciences

AI is smarter than you and has better manners.

From IEEE Spectrum

Not quite a GRWM for AI, but still utilizing the same concepts, rules and techniques to help spread the word of new advances in AI

From Threads

One of the influencers worth following is Luokai on Threads. This thread is an example of their great work, examining the document that describes OpenAI’s strategy to develop Artificial General Intelligence

From Axios

Everything that can be monetized will be

Randomcast

From BroadcastPro ME

The world is getting smaller. Camb.ai is a translation AI that has been used to make localization easier and more efficient.

From Ars Technica

Ends up it’s the teachers, not the students, who are cheating with ChatGPT

From Branding Strategy Insider

Looking beyond the current quarter means looking for ways to create ongoing value through connecting with your audience. You only need to read the first few paragraphs to feel what’s wrong in this ‘growth by shrinking’ economy.

From Classical-Music.com

Your brain needs music. It will thank you with better ideas and more entertainment