Samsung responds. It's the Weekend-ender.
Edition 29 - Here's your compendium of what happened, and maybe what's next.
Heyo —
Some Sunday reading to gently dip your toe into the water of another week.
Presented for your consideration, a well-rounded compendium of AI, film, two brands in an old-fashioned street fight, and finishing strong with (of course) flying robots. The End is closer than we feared. And at the hands of Disney.
AI - Motion Pictures
Hollywood at a Crossroads: “Everyone Is Using AI, But They Are Scared to Admit It” — The Hollywood Reporter
AI - Marketing / Ads
Half of Top News Sites Blocked OpenAI's Crawlers in 2023 —Ad Week
YouTube’s upfront—how AI, creators and non-skippable ads are all coming together — Ad Age
Girls Inc. LA’s striking new empowerment ad was 75% AI generated — Ad Age
AI - Sora
Fake it til you make it.
I’m heard the rumblings. But this morning someone posted the following; he was so pissed off it made an impression. Essence is where heck are the disclaimers. Check it out.
Unlocking Creative Ideas with Sora AI
Native Foreign’s Nik Kleverov shares his experience so far with OpenAI’s text-to-video AI model, and his thoughts on the technology’s future in creativity, writes LBB’s Ben Conway — LBBOnline
— Spelling issues aside, the shot composition of his Sora reel is great.
Mora Sora
OpenAI has been courting publishers with select benefits through its Preferred Publisher Program. — Ad Week
AI - Robotics: The Amazing Spider-Man
This just de-throned what I crowned as the coolest thing of the year. Watch this.
— Wired
Old School Street Fight
Samsung gets all up in Apple’s kitchen. Less is more. — Ad Age
— Hope all of you have/had a great weekend.