Ideas and News from the Week of March 24, 2024.
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Ideas and News from the Week of March 24, 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 to Andrew Schwartz and share with your friends

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Newscast

From The Verge

Sam Bankman Fried has been sentenced to 25 years for fraud. He’s not responsible for the crypto crash, but he’s emblematic of it. Meanwhile, the folks who lost their assets just want their crypto back

From Vitalik.eth.limo

Blobs. They are the future of data scaffolding within etherium and how more utility will finds its way through the web3 world

From Whitehouse.gov

Every US Agency will have a Chief AI Officer focused on how to bring AI into government.

From NPR

This is another take on the same idea that Social Indicators are more important than bought media.

Netcast

From Gartner

Welcome to a new quarter! Here’s a list of some of the things you should talk about when you’re stuck in the coffee line at the office, or waiting for that last scraggler to join the zoom (Were we clickbaity, we’d say something like “and you won’t believe the second theme!”, but we’re not. It’s Productivity Revolution)

From TechCrunch

LinkedIn has grown in importance in the world of social media. (Hi LinkedIn!) But with that growth has come the appetite for more growth. And to satisfy that insatiable desire, Microsoft is looking to “innovate” by bringing aspects of other popular apps into your LinkedIn feed.

From Search Engine Land

Googlers used to tell the story of an email that would come in with just a number. 37. 24. 58. Each email with a number. But only after a change had been made to the front page of Google. Ends up, there was someone in the world who would count the words on the front page and sent it in to Google as a mild protest and reminder of their initial mission. Anyway, Google is adding AI Overviews to your searches now

From InsideHook

Baseball is a game of exquisite anticipation. That level of anticipation grows the more you know about the game. And with the new season just starting, it’s time to sharpen your pencils


Noisecast

from Pitchfork

COWBOY CARTER by Beyoncé is a lot of things, but perhaps the best way to understand what you’re listening to is to actually listen.

From Songwhip

Take a moment. Step back into 1960 and listen as John Coltrane, Stan Gets and Oscar Peterson make magic

from Songwhip

This album is from 1989 and you’d think it would be completely out of context. it’s 25 years from when Dylan was at his most current, it’s 35 years since it was released, but within it is truth. And one song in particular, Most of the Time, has so much incredible beauty that you must stop and focus for just these few minutes.

from Songwhip

The latest release from Australian Indie musicians Hollow Coves makes music that you want to listen to on a back porch in the sun after too much snow fell this past winter and you can smell the spring in the air

Smartcast

From Vogue Business (some assembly required)

Spatial Fashion is the future. DressX is showing a peek at that future through a Discord based GenAI tool. We’re not yet at that point where you can see spatial styling in the wild, but it’s a step. And kudos to the brilliant Maghan McDowell for the photos

From Axios

It’s hypecycle time. The easy part of the GenAI Chatbot revolution was showing everyone the bright and shiny objects. That rush of capitalistic dopamine is starting to even out, and now the focus needs to shift to creating lasting utility from amazing tools

From Andreessen Horowitz (hat tip Aaron Wilson )

GenAI is more than a nifty chatbot interface or a way to create terrible songs. Companies are now in a position where they have to change the way they are bringing this technology into their ecosystems

From The Neuron - AI News

It’s a 21st century tale of John Henry, if John Henry wore Patagonia vests. Can AI beat finance analysts? Of course. And with slightly fewer hallucinations

Randomcast

from Hume.ai

An empathetic human sounding AI for chat bots. In the future all of your account information will be heard with emotion

From 9to5mac.com (hat tip to Seth Thomas )

The potential for immersive sport is HUGE. And this is an example of the tip of the future

From MLS NEXT Pro

Camb.ai is breaking down the language barrier for live broadcasts for Major League Soccer

From The Premier League

The technology to digitally twin movement has been growing. The Premier League is taking this idea and bringing it to Football fans. Merging Football and Foosball to potentially place pitches on your kitchen counter


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