Ads that aren’t ads? “Adult” ChatGPT? Yup, AI is entering its awkward adolescence. We’re living in the golden age of AI. Not of its capabilities – that isn’t here yet. The golden age I’m talking...
Last Week in AI: Big Deals, Monetizing AI, Digital IDs Last week saw AI shift from novelty to infrastructure: collective power replacing lone heroes, standards like MCP promising interoperability,...
Last Week in AI: Code Red at OpenAI, Anthropic Emerges, AI Gets Political Last week was full of stress fractures and acceleration in AI. OpenAI called a “code red” as rivals surge, Anthropic plans an...
Last Week in AI: ChatGPT Turns 3, Sovereign AI, Poetry as Universal AI Jailbreak ChatGPT’s third birthday shows a world racing to keep up. Breakthroughs in security, “digital ghosts,” job automation,...
Why AI Still Feels Like a Genius with a Goldfish Brain AI keeps dazzling us with breakthroughs, but the longer I use these tools every single day – across clients, industries, and my own work – the...
Last Week in AI: Record Adoption, Nvidia Dominance, Lovecraftian Holiday Horrors AI adoption just hit historic highs, Nvidia crushed bubble doubts with a monster quarter, and Google’s Gemini 3 + Nano...
Agencies Used to Sell Expertise. Now They Have to Prove They Can Guide.
An agency client of mine recently got a request from one of their clients that stopped me in my tracks. Before reviewing any work, strategy, or campaign thinking, the client wanted the agency to...
Last week in AI: Indistinguishable AI Creative, Toys Behaving Badly, Agents Need Oversight Last week’s AI news shows a sector accelerating in every direction: OpenAI branching into health tools,...
Last holiday season, Coca-Cola found itself in the crosshairs. Their annual Christmas campaign — produced by Silverside and created entirely with AI — was dragged across social media. Commenters...
WPP Just Gave its Clients the Keys — and Changed the Rules of the Game
AI doesn’t just automate creative work — it’s redrawing the boundaries of what agencies are for. WPP just made a move that should make every agency leader sit up straight. According to Reuters, the...