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The National Theatre marks 100 NT Live productions, the rise of customer satisfaction surveys, how much does a play change during previews, the biggest cruise ship ever, and the tail orchestra
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Watershed's 5 guiding principles which turned a deficit into profit, the invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat, a new audio-only social media app, new ways of engaging with artists, synthetic social networks, Instagram's ad revenues, AI girlfriends, and rats driving cars.
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The disappearing insta grid, how to stop your data from being used to train AI, the UK considering banning smartphone sales to under-16s, contagious curiosity, an Italian bank goes offline for days, and the effect of the pandemic across generations.
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Dopamine addiction and the end of being 'extremely online', Amazon's Wizard of Oz approach to AI, the cost of interrupted work, a haunted Discord server, AI being used to revive the dead, and The Makedonium Band
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The age of flash fads, the death of the internet, how people listen to podcasts, the racism of AI tools, streaming bots, and a crow named Russell.
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Avoiding the mistakes we made with social media, research and reports on audiences, understanding the value of gaming, re-learning the piano, a looming TikTok ban, critical evaluation of AI imagery, and Ken.
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BBC News launches content credentials, the benefits of exercise for creativity, someone has a bad time with VR tourism, the mysteries of LLMs, invisible work, a cheeky ad, and José González.
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The power of video games to inspire different possible futures, 8 different decision-making models, how to decide which AI tools to use, the impact of AI-generated content on brand reliability, and an amazing piece of dance.
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A new impact report from Art UK, concerns about OpenAI's new video generator, the importance of soft skills in an AI-impacted jobs market, the value of music, social media protocols, an interview with VIVE Art's Sam King, and RY X.
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The social media success of the Sacramento History Museum, the design of the Angostura bitters label, AI font pairing, the impact of generational communication preferences, the battlefields of Ukraine are the world's biggest R&D lab, the early internet, and Christopher Tin.