Media & Entertainment

The controversy over Tilly Norwood, the AI-generated "actor," has exposed something deeper than union postures and moral panic. It forces us to reexamine what acting is, what AI does, and why the usual arguments miss the point entirely. While reading this I'm going to ask you to keep an open mind. I know this will not be a popular interpretation of this issue, but musicians lived this experience during the transition from acoustic to electronic musical instruments, the advent of the digital synthesizer and again at the advent of sampling keyboards. Evolution is an amoral process. We must adapt. Let's explore. Continue Reading →

The debate over AI and its role in creative industries often centers on one question: Can AI ever be as creative as humans? While it’s tempting to philosophize about inspiration and ingenuity, this line of inquiry misses a crucial point: If the audience can’t tell the difference between AI-generated and human-generated content, or if they don’t care, for all practical purposes, there is no difference. Continue Reading →

OpenAI announced it's backing "Critterz," a feature-length animated film created largely with generative AI tools, targeting a debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2026. The project will complete production in nine months instead of the typical three years, with a budget under $30 million compared to the $100+ million typical for animated features. Continue Reading →

The question arrives with clockwork predictability after every keynote I deliver: "If AI is eliminating entry-level positions, how do we develop tomorrow's senior executives?" Parents at the Newhouse school ask the same question with barely concealed panic. Fortune 500 CEOs frame it more diplomatically, but everyone sees the trend, the traditional corporate ladder is quickly losing its bottom rungs? Continue Reading →

On September 30, 2025, AOL will finally turn off dial-up internet service. The AOL Dialer and AOL Shield Browser will go dark the same day. For millions of Americans, that distinctive screech of a modem handshake was the sound of the future arriving. Now the last of the original on-ramps is closing, and the highway it led to is unrecognizable. Continue Reading →

Instead of buying or earning your way to the top of a SERP, you are now going to do everything you can to help a reasoning engine respond to a prompt with a glowing endorsement of your product and, in a perfect world, a link or a path to a direct transaction. How will you get an "intelligence decoupled from consciousness" to favor your brand? Let's explore. Continue Reading →

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently said: "There's a new programming language. It's called English." It's not a metaphor. It's his description of the most significant shift in the doing of work we've seen since the invention of the assembly line. Now, let's reduce this idea to practice and put an aggressive timeline on it: In 36 months, code and content will be essentially free. Too aggressive? Let's explore. Continue Reading →

We've spent two years teaching everyone about "prompt engineering," which has been great. But crafting clever questions represents perhaps 5% of what makes enterprise AI successful. Now, there's a new term being added to the buzzword bingo lexicon: "context engineering." I want to make fun of it, but I really like it. Context engineering isn't about the evolution of end user behavior, it's a nice way to describe the components you need to get the most out of the current crop of LLMs and Reasoning Engines. Continue Reading →

Is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) real? Yes. It’s not a theory anymore. It’s a mandate. And if your content isn’t optimized for AI-powered search, you’re already behind. Answer engines (whether embedded in voice assistants, AI chat interfaces, or traditional search) are rewriting the rules of discoverability. This is no longer about manipulating ranking systems with keywords. It’s about being structurally legible to machines that serve answers, not blue links. This tactical AEO playbook will help you get started. Continue Reading →

In the race to harness AI's transformative potential, success stories are emerging across the Fortune 500. Yet even the most well-managed organizations face a common challenge: how to align numerous AI initiatives toward a cohesive strategic vision. Continue Reading →