THIS DEEPFAKE OF CHARLES BARKLEY IS ANYTHING BUT TURRIBLE
Sports betting up-and-comer turned giant, FanDuel, has launched a commercial promoting the NBA playoffs with not one but TWO Charles Barkleys. Utilizing the evermore realistic (read: scary) deepfake technology, the Round Mound of Rebound teamed up with a younger version of himself, donning period Suns swag and promoting FanDuel’s “Think Like a Player” campaign.
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AI’S ON THE PRIZE
We hear an awful lot about the so-called AI revolution as it pertains to the way predictive and, well, artificially intelligent technology is affecting our lives. One of the places we see some of the highest degrees of change is within the retail space. From inventory management to helping shoppers meet their purchasing goals, AI is becoming an all-in-one personal shopper, store manager, checkout clerk, and campaign designer.
LET’S GET PHYGITAL
Never a corporation to leave a box unchecked, Amazon has now teamed up with Pokemon GO creator, Niantic, to develop a virtual AI/AR shopping experience within Peridot, Niantic’s new mobile game. Users can now make in-game purchases (Peridot-branded merch, naturally) by connecting an Amazon account to a Peridot account. Amazon Anywhere seeks to establish an easier path to purchase from the world created within a game to the real world outside of it with this hybrid, or phygital, reality.
