Cultural Debt is the sum of every unresolved habit, unexamined process, and unspoken assumption an organization carries forward. It is sustained by the inertia of the exceptionally powerful, "that's the way we do it." Add a dash of, "not invented here," then garnish with the growing fear of AI, and you've got a recipe for a huge leadership challenge. Continue Reading →
U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ruled that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal. The court found the government's actions violated the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Continue Reading →
Apple has set its next launch event for September 9 at 10 a.m. PDT at its Cupertino headquarters. The media invites carry the tagline "Surprise and shine" and a glowing Apple logo. Analysts expect new iPhones and Apple Watches, including Apple's first folding phone and (drumroll please) Siri AI: the LLM-based personal assistant Apple introduced at WWDC in June. Continue Reading →
Australia's record industry will bar wholly AI-generated tracks from its official charts starting next Monday. Under the Australian Recording Industry Association's new test, a track is eligible only if "humans wrote the song and performed the lead vocal and the primary instruments," among other requirements. AI-generated music is also ineligible for the ARIA Awards. Continue Reading →
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