Dispatch from an advertising future #220

OpenAI’s DALL-E AI image generator can now edit pictures, too https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/6/23012123/openai-clip-dalle-2-ai-text-to-image-generator-testing We’re loved. Our brand has not suffered a crisis since we handed our image over to Text2Image (™). We’ve all watched our brand seamlessly respond to the conversations, always staying one step ahead of the trends, the debates and the traps, while allowing us …

Dispatch from an advertising future #206

Every Super Bowl 56 Ad in Under 2 Minutes https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/every-super-bowl-56-ad-in-under-2-minutes/ Can I get indigestion? It feels like it. I’ve got huge appetite, that’s why I got this job. Keep loading me up and I’ll keep going. Working my way through whatever you give me. The more the merrier. It fuels my creativity or at least …

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 #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 …

Dispatch from an advertising future #172

https://www.adweek.com/commerce/times-square-set-to-host-digital-billboard-featuring-nft-content/ Security has been tight. So tight, we’ve had to work on it back in the office. Everyone is under an NDA of course and each part of the team has been isolated so no-one has access to the full thing apart from the client and, even there, only selected people and systems have the …

Dispatch from an advertising future #166

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/3/22608419/whatsapp-view-once-dissapearing-media-launch-testing-sensitive-info It was so good. I mean, really good. It had the look of, you know that film. The one we saw that night last summer… And the music, I’m sure it was them. His voice. It had to be him. But it was a new track. And the twist at the end. I mean, …