June, 2025

June, 2025

Against Ironic Detachment
I’m going to say something that will make many of you deeply uncomfortable: our culture has confused ironic detachment with intelligence. We’ve mistaken cynicism for sophistication, distance for d...

Takeaways From Hard Fork’s Interview With OpenAI’s Sam Altman
Mr. Altman discussed President Trump’s understanding of artificial intelligence, the war for A.I. talent and OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft....

Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?
Ads for consumer A.I. are struggling to imagine how the product could improve your day — unless you’re a barely functioning idiot....

Four Astronauts Lift Off on Axiom Mission to the I.S.S.
Sponsored by governments but ferried by a private company, astronauts from Hungary, India and Poland are going to the space station for the first time....

In the race for ad dollars, platforms seek to redefine themselves as AI companies
Platforms are having an identity crisis. Or maybe, it’s a rebrand. Whether they built their businesses on social graphs, short-form video or niche communities, the story from Cannes last week w...

Why employees are so secretive about using AI at work — and why they shouldn’t be
This piece was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLife The AI revolution is happening at work whether people admit it or not. While leadership teams debate AI policies, employees are already us...

The ad industry is obsessed with AI — but what about its energy use and sustainability?
As the ad industry barrels head first into AI for its efficiency, scale and automation, the topic of sustainability — or even the energy it takes to use AI — seems to be forgotten. Artificial...

Future of TV Briefing: YouTube gives a peek at how its recommendation algorithms work
This week’s Future of TV Briefing recaps a VidCon session during which YouTube executives and creators unpacked the video platform’s recommendation engine. The “You” in YouTube Let’s ...

Here are some of the big questions left unanswered by the FTC’s Omnicom-IPG neutrality decree
Omnicom and Interpublic Group’s (IPG) $13.5 billion super-merger took a giant leap toward completion this week, following a qualified approval granted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The c...

Fed Votes to Advance Proposal to Ease Banks’ Capital Requirements
The Federal Reserve reportedly voted Wednesday (June 25) to advance a proposal that would ease the “enhanced supplementary leverage ratio” that determines the amount of capital banks must hold aga...

August

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
					1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

B&T Television

August