https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/key-ad-trends-driving-in-car-commerce-boom/1726545 The key ad trends driving the in-car commerce boom Today, he wasn’t bothered. The nudge points would have been nice to have, they always were. This week’s ‘partner’ seemed to have a great offer on but, no, he needed to put his foot down. The display said he was going faster than 80% of …
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Dispatch from an advertising future #186
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/4/22657026/facebook-mislabeling-video-black-men-primates-algorithm Facebook says its AI mislabeling a video of Black men as “primates” was “unacceptable” As a union we are committed to diversity and inclusion across the businesses where our members work. We are also committed to our members being treated fairly. If management does not play its part in creating an inclusive environment then …
Dispatch from an advertising future #185
https://www.ft.com/content/92b5a390-f03a-450c-96b1-dd989b1bdada The start-ups trying to kill the password I keep being kicked out. Logged out, again. My dad tells me there used to be things called ‘passwords’ that you remembered and typed in once and there you were, in. Apparently then it was biometrics. That would be great. I don’t care about how secure they …
Dispatch from an advertising future #184
https://petapixel.com/2021/08/30/googles-new-ai-photo-upscaling-tech-is-jaw-dropping/ Google’s New AI Photo Upscaling Tech is Jaw-Dropping It was just a doodle really. I dashed it off in a moment. Just a start. It wasn’t finished, polished, ready even. It was more of a note, a quick snapshot when it occurred to me. Barely an idea, a half-insight. Not ready. This was how …
Dispatch from an advertising future #183
https://interestingengineering.com/advertising-company-wants-deepfake-clones-of-your-face An Advertising Company Wants to Make Deepfake Clones of Your Face They look down on us as though we’re sinning. Maybe it’s a hangover from that: “my body’s a temple” thing. We should “save” ourselves for… well what? It’s my body after all. What I choose to do with it is my business. If …
Dispatch from an advertising future #181
https://www.engadget.com/ten-federal-agencies-expanding-facial-recognition-070044629.html Ten federal agencies are expanding their use of facial recognition This Government is committed to arts and culture as well as managing the public purse. We know you – our creative sector – are aware of those sometimes competing demands. For many years you have completed evaluations and submitted data to show the effects …