“This will be a once in a generation transformation for Search.” — Amazon recently announced its plans to launch a generative AI tool destined to enhance search within its ecommerce platform. This announcement didn’t come through a press release… but via job postings, which are often the best ways to gauge a company’s ambition. This comes as the battle for AI search…

How these three popular apps could face bans and lawsuits in the US and other countries. — As regulators the world over continue to scrutinize TikTok, the insanely popular short-video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, it seems they are missing the bigger picture. TikTok is only the tip of the iceberg; four out of the five most downloaded apps in April 2023 had Chinese roots, and…

Of Generative-AI-for-Everything and Synthetic Pleasures — Remember the web3 hype? Tech bros with easy access to cheap liquidity wanted to create a decentralized, peer-to-peer internet powered by blockchain technology. Spoiler alert, it did not work. And it will not work. It simply cannot scale due to technical complexities ruining “decentralization”, while scams and thefts gave crypto…

Artificial Intelligence challenging the status quo is good for us all — If you’ve been following the — very recent — news on Generative Artificial Intelligence, you might have noticed a pattern: most people publicly and loudly warning us about the potential perils of AI are (white) men. “You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of…

How Influencers Are Taking Over Hollywood — Have you ever felt like you’re seeing the same thing over and over again on social media? That’s because you are. In recent years, social media platforms have become more and more alike, copying each other’s features and formats in a desperate attempt to keep users engaged and advertisers happy. …

How to create your own Decentralized Autonomous Organization — Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are an innovative way of organizing and managing businesses and projects using blockchain technology. Within a DAO, decision-making and governance are decentralized and autonomous, meaning that they are not controlled by a single individual or group but rather by a set of rules, protocols and tokens…

What do you mean, “the algorithm asked for it”? — As soon as we have a new technology, we use it to make p*rn. Any rudimentary search on the printing press, radio, TV, and the internet proves this. In fact, the internet’s early success was likely due to the technology’s ability to propagate erotic images and videos. Upstarts like ChatGPT…

How to make money, love, drink, help, and generally exist in your 20s — I turn 30 today. I got most of what I wanted out of my 20s. I got married. I drove a tank. I got a promotion. I drank a Manhattan in New York, a sangria in Barcelona, a Guinness in Dublin and a lager in Munich. I made “a lot”…

Life in 2030 will be… complex — In 2020, I wrote an article titled “The Next Big Thing” in Technology: 20 invention that will change the world”. It has since been read over 70,000 times and shared more than 1,000 times on social media. But anyone reading it today will notice that what was written then is…