TREND REPORTS
(PDF) PwC’s Global NextGen Survey 2024 : Success and Succession in an AI World
[Business]
2024/04/25 09:10
By dynamically fusing leadership transition and generative AI, family enterprises create opportunities for the next generation.As the reins of family businesses are set to pass into the hands of a new generation of leaders, a profound transformation is underway—one fuelled by the catalytic force of generative AI (GenAI). This moment marks not only a change in leadership, but a strategic shift...
(VIdeo) Self-Balancing Omnidirectional Motorcycle Spins, Slides and Glides
[Product]
2024/04/25 09:09
One of the most bizarre vehicles we've ever seen in motion. This jaw-dropping electric contraption rolls on four custom-made omnidirectional wheels, mounted sideways so it can self-balance like a Segway and move in any direction. Completely bonkers.British YouTuber James Bruton has plenty of experience with self-balancing technology and omnidirectional wheels, having already built a self-balanc...
What Are the Biggest Perceived Dangers of AI ?
[Business]
2024/04/25 09:08
As with every technological advancement, generative artificial intelligence tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT, image generator Midjourney or Claude, the chatbot created by AI startup Anthropic, are used for productivity and creation as well as increasingly for scams and abuse. Among this new wave of malicious content, deepfakes are especially noteworthy. These artificially generated audiovisual conte...
This Drone Referee Hovers Above The Football and Players, Serving as an Airborne VAR
[Design]
2024/04/25 09:07
The most beautiful game, football, is a team sport. But in realism – at the world stage – the game is not limited to the field and teams. Passionate fans and their diehard enthusiasm for clubs and players take the game far and beyond, into the people’s home and their hearts. Despite the love and admiration for football, one wrong on-field decision can leave players behaving irrationally and...
Luxury Brands Take a Bite of China’s Bakery Boom
[Business]
2024/04/25 09:06
From China’s ‘guochao’-fueled coffee craze to the mainland’s current bakery boom, is the quickest way to local consumer's hearts through their stomachs?To celebrate the launch of its MK denim bag collection in Shanghai, American house Michael Kors eschewed the typical evening cocktails in lieu of something a little more wholesome.Cue a denim-clad patisserie created in collaboration with edg...
(PDF) Mckinsey - How Fashion Can Afford and Accelerate Decarbonization
[Business]
2024/04/25 09:05
Translating fashion’s decarbonization commitments into action has proved difficult. A new McKinsey analysis outlines what the industry can do to reach its targets.Fashion brands, big and small, have made ambitious, public commitments to creating more sustainable apparel by 2030. But keeping pace with their decarbonization commitments has been a challenge across the industry.About two-thirds of...
Survey Finds Generative AI Proving Major Threat to The Work of Translators
[Consumer]
2024/04/25 09:04
While AI tools have been used by some translators to support their work, three-quarters of those surveyed believe the emerging technology will negatively impact their future incomeMore than a third of translators have lost work due to generative AI, a survey by the Society of Authors (SoA) has found. More than four in 10 translators said that their income has decreased because of generative AI,...
With Easel, ex-Snap Researchers are Building The Next-Generation Bitmoji Thanks to AI
[Business]
2024/04/25 09:03
Easel is a new startup that sits at the intersection of the generative AI and social trends, founded by two former employees at Snap. The company has been working on an app that lets you create images of yourself and your friends doing cool things directly from your favorite iMessage conversations.There’s a reason why I mentioned that the co-founders previously worked at Snap before founding E...
(PDF) Capgemini - Generative AI and The Evolving Role of Marketing : A CMO’s Playbook
[Business]
2024/04/24 09:10
Building on our initial report in the CMO playbook series, we release this second installment in the Capgemini Research Institute’s CMO playbook series, Generative AI and the evolving role of marketing: A CMO’s playbook.This edition delves into the unprecedented growth and the myriad opportunities that generative AI brings to the field of marketing.In a remarkably short time, generative AI ha...
