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Delete Delete EngageHow generative AI tools are evolving and transforming work with AI expert Peter GasstonGenerative AI leader Peter Gasston shares his expert view on the latest AI tools transforming text, image, audio and video generation in this episode of the Delete Delete Engage podcast.Peter is innovation lead at VCCP’s AI creative agency Faith, which launched last year with Virgin Media O2 as a founding client.While AI is a hot topic for businesses, much of the corporate world still appears to be warming up to the idea of embracing generative AI, mainly because of a lack of expertise within the organisation. Peter is...
2024-04-1848 min
Waypointers25. AI and the creative process – a conversation with Peter Gasston, innovation lead at VCCP and innovation director at its AI agency, Faith.Leading agency VCCP created headlines earlier in the year when it launched AI agency, Faith, with Sage as a founding client. In this episode of Waypointers, Faith’s innovation director Peter Gasston explains why VCCP took the decision to make this major investment in technology and what the journey has been like so far. Interestingly Peter explains that the impetus was largely led by the creative department within VCCP who were increasingly experimenting with generative AI tools of their own accord. Rather than seeing these tools as a threat, they saw that they could deliver effi...
2023-11-2942 min
The Tech LandscapeArt, NFTs, and collective beliefThinking out loud about the current hype around buying digital art on the blockchain, and the test of success.
2021-03-0203 min
The Tech LandscapeCOVID-19 Accelerates… Digital FashionRalph Lauren designs its first digital collection—for Bitmoji—and Helsinki Fashion Week sells unique digital designs. A look at what these two announcements mean for the rising field of digital fashion in games and social, from Fortnite to Gucci.Sources Ralph Lauren thinks people want to shop their Bitmoji Helsinki Fashion Week Explores New Frontiers With Purely Digital Format The World's First-Ever Digital Dress Is Sold For $9,500 This Augmented Reality T-Shirt Lets You Change Graphics via Your Smart Phone Gucci Reveals Snapchat AR Shoe Try-onsFurther Reading Is Direct To Avatar The Next Dire...
2020-08-1204 min
The Tech LandscapeCOVID-19 Accelerates… QR CodesThe much-derided QR Code may be on its way back, thanks to a world in which we fear touch.Sources: 'Freestyle' beverage dispenser offers restaurants contactless pouring iOS 14’s App Clips will save you from always needing ‘an app for that’ Pictures of People Scanning QR-codes Pictures of Chinese People Scanning QR Codes
2020-07-3105 min
The Tech LandscapeA Lockdown Conversation with Paul StanwayIn this short I chat with Paul Stanway, an old friend of mine and co-founder of brand experience agency XYZ, recently awarded Campaign’s Creative Experience Agency of the Year. We talk about the challenges of running an agency known for its live physical events in a time where those events are no longer possible, and the importance of acting rather than reacting.Lockdown Conversations are short chats with some of my friends who are doing interesting things with their spare time during the COVID-19 quarantine.Operating System (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a C...
2020-05-0617 min
The Tech LandscapeA Lockdown Conversation with Claire MedcalfA chat with Claire Medcalf, a Creative Lead Copywriter with Rehab, about her projects Letter Lounge and Post Quarantine.If you want to write a letter to your future self for inclusion in Post Quarantine, send it to:Post QuarantineUnit 34786PO Box 6945London W1 6USInclude your contact details and Instagram handle.Lockdown Conversations are short chats with some of my friends who are doing interesting things with their spare time during the COVID-19 quarantine.Operating System (Sting) by Twin Musicom is licensed under a...
2020-04-3013 min
The Tech LandscapeCOVID-19 Accelerates… Digital IdentityHow the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the way we find community in virtual spaces and express our identity with digital fashion.Sources Why games like Animal Crossing are the new social media of the coronavirus era Ferne Le'roy (Zalera) - Guardian Tree Funeral March Silicon Valley is racing to build the next version of the Internet. Fortnite might get there first. The Impact of COVID-19 on Video Gaming and Our Virtual Lives ‘Animal Crossing’: Why Gamers Are Spending Hours Making Virtual Clothes How 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Became the Ultimate Fashion Outlet Should Brands Follow Net-A-Porter’s Anim...
2020-04-2302 min
The Tech LandscapeCOVID-19 Accelerates… Virtual Art & CultureHow the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated changes in the way we see and share art, from virtual art fairs to self-curated art shows in physical and digital spaces.Sources 'Beginning of a new era': how culture went virtual in the face of crisis Discover the 235 galleries showing in Art Basel’s Online Viewing Rooms Online Viewing Rooms: ‘Art Basel has paved the way for what’s to come’, says exhibitor On Painting: Art Basel Online What Sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong’s Online Viewing Rooms The John Armleder and Rob Pruitt Show HAUSER & WIRTH unveils Ar...
2020-04-2306 min
The Tech LandscapeThe Tech Landscape #148 The NHS partners with Facebook. How China might help create a common messaging standard. Pinterest goes shopping. Streetwear in Animal Crossing.A closer look at some of the stories from the Tech Landscape newsletter #148. The Tech Landscape is a weekly collection of news about consumer digital technology. Stories are selected by me, Peter Gasston, with a little insight and opinion where appropriate.
2020-04-1311 min
Thijs Feryn's podcastPeter Gasston - Commoditization of Artificial IntelligencePeter Gasston (https://twitter.com/stopsatgreen) is a front-end developer and web technologist that works for +rehabstudio (https://www.rehabstudio.com) in London.
Read the blog post about this interview: https://blog.feryn.eu/peter-gasston-commoditization-of-artificial-intelligence. The video is up on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_qremcORl9A
This interview was recorded in Rome at Codemotion 2016 (http://www.codemotionworld.com) where Peter presented his "OK Computer" presentation (https://speakerdeck.com/stopsatgreen/ok-computer-codemotion-rome) about the Commoditization of Artificial Intelligence.
We talk about how improved algorithms and the availability of massive computing power due to maturity of Cloud Computing has boosted Artificial Intelligence in...
2016-03-1821 min