Chronicle / 08 June
This month we have Google's new AI voice assistant, skateboarding is everywhere, and it’s for everyone, iconic film posters and broccoli coffee is a thing, who knew!
Duplex shows Google failing at ethical and creative AI design
Google CEO Sundar Pichai milked the woos from a clappy, home-turf developer crowd at its I/O conference in Mountain View this week with a demo of an in-the-works voice assistant feature that will enable the AI to make telephone calls on behalf of its human owner.
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Broccoli coffee is a thing, because you're not eating your vegetables
Despite it being drilled into us as children, many of us aren't still eating our vegetables — but we're drinking a lot of coffee.
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A suitcase full of photographic wonder
It's not often you are sent a set of pictures that make you gasp, especially ones taken decades ago. Yet here they are, beautiful black and white pictures that have remained hidden, buried in a loft waiting to be brought out into the light
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Remembering the work of Bill Gold, one of Hollywood’s greatest poster designers
Creatives from the advertising world reflect on the legacy of Bill Gold, the man behind many of Hollywood’s most iconic poster designs, who died yesterday (20 May) at the age of 97.
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How skateboarding flipped its white male image and welcomed the whole world
For many, skateboarding still conjures up images of Californian dudes called Brad and Jay tearing up sun-baked swimming pools in the 1970s, their tanned torsos and blonde hair contrasting perfectly with blue skies and billowing palm trees.
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When Crypto Meets Conceptual Art, Things Get Weird
Kevin Abosch is turning the technology behind cryptocurrencies into art, stamping blockchain addresses in his own blood and selling a virtual neon Lamborghini.
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