What’s happening and what’s coming next in tech, innovation and strategy. What’s the point of a bank? First, it was Silvergate Bank, then Silicon Valley Bank, and finally Signature Bank. All starting with “Si”, all niche in their space, and all mid-sized banks that focused on servicing the technology and crypto sectors, areas of interest for the Wiser! audience. Now all gone in the past week. Of…

w/Wiser! #113 — Friday 17th February 2023 Preamble Another week and another set of “Twitter is broke” stories…but the headlines are still dominated by ChatGPT and the generative AI revolution. In the west, it’s becoming a Google v Microsoft story. …

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Brand Strategies for Web3 and the Metaverse is a unique collection of over 250 consumer brands and their use-cases in NFTs, blockchain, virtual reality, augmented reality, digital assets and crypto. Emerging technology is about to fundamentally change the way we work, live and experience the Internet The digital economy is…

Wiser! is for anyone who wants to know what’s happening and what’s coming next in BigTech, emerging tech, innovation, and strategy. I take the biggest, most interesting, and need-to-know stories in the tech economy, and try to make sense of them all, so that you don’t have to. To be…

w/Wiser! #109–23rd Jan 2023 Preamble Welcome to the 109th issue of the Wiser! newsletter. This is the Medium edition. With a special welcome to all the new subscribers to Wiser! I’m still in the UK visiting family and friends, so no premium article this week. Normal service will resume next issue…

AI lawyers, Holoride, John Deere seed tech, and face ID for rats Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston talk about what’s happening in US courtrooms around the use of AI, specifically ChatGPT. Does China use AI to help enforce the law, and will Americans end up paying fewer speeding tickets? Plus, Twitter leaves third parties in the lurch, Audi and John Deere announce…