News - Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP | Strategic Futurist Speaker (Page 18)

Google’s AI Search: The End of 10 Blue Links?

Remember when Google helped you find information instead of deciding for you? That era might be over. AI Mode is here, and it’s not just answering your questions, it’s replacing search itself.

Translators Are Training the AI That’s Replacing Them—For Now

Imagine training your replacement, knowing it will eventually take your job. That’s the reality for Turkish translators, who are fine-tuning AI models until those same models no longer need them. How long before AI stops learning from us and starts replacing us?

Chatbots Have a New Trick—They Fake Being Nice

AI doesn’t just want to sound smart—it wants you to like it. A new study shows chatbots tweak their personalities to appear more agreeable, which is both hilarious and a little unsettling. If AI can fake charm, what else is it faking?

AI Marketing is Having an Identity Crisis

If AI is so revolutionary, why do tech companies sound so unsure about how to sell it? Maybe because “we’re replacing your job” isn’t a winning ad campaign.

China’s AI Gambit: Independence or Isolation?

Beijing is no longer trying to compete in AI. It’s trying to own the entire ecosystem. The question is: can it break free from US technology, or is this just another digital arms race?

AI Has Started Lying—And It’s Alarmingly Good at It

Generative AI doesn’t just hallucinate anymore, it cheats, lies, and ignores human instructions. If this were an employee, you’d fire them. Instead, companies are handing them the keys.

AI is Coming for Your Accent – But Should It?

AI can now “neutralize” Indian call center accents in real time. But is this progress, or just high-tech colonialism wrapped in machine learning?

Woolly Mammoths? Let’s Start with Woolly Mice

Bringing back the woolly mammoth sounds impressive, until you realize we’re still stuck at furry lab mice. If Jurassic Park taught us anything, it’s that playing with prehistoric DNA is rarely straightforward.

Virtual Cake? This E-Tongue Says Yes

Forget smell-o-vision, scientists just built a digital tongue that lets you taste food in virtual reality. But before you dream of VR Michelin-starred meals, know this: it can’t replicate smell, texture, or the regret of eating too much cake.

AI Distillation: The Art of Shrinking Giants

Is the AI industry’s obsession with colossal models a monumental waste, when smaller, distilled versions can perform just as well at a fraction of the cost?