Enrique Dans
On the effects of technology on people, companies and society
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Spain has just been given a deadly lesson in the consequences of climate change denial
Spain has just been given a deadly lesson in the consequences of climate change denial
Spain’s Valencia region has made headlines around the world this week for all the wrong reasons, prompting questions as to how a highly…
Did Perplexity offer The New York Times AI strikebreakers to cover the US election?
Did Perplexity offer The New York Times AI strikebreakers to cover the US election?
The union that represents mosts New York Times tech workers, not the journalists who cover the news, but its more than 600 software…
Intel and Nvidia: the king is dead; long live the king
Intel and Nvidia: the king is dead; long live the king
You might call it the changing of the guard: Nvidia is to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average; and to do so, the AI chipmaker will take…
The limits of AI’s creativity? Simple: us
The limits of AI’s creativity? Simple: us
An article in the journal Nature assesses a study by three Stanford University computer scientists who found that AI-generated ideas were…
Why the best automotive user interface is the simplest one
Why the best automotive user interface is the simplest one
Much has been written about automotive user interfaces, just about all of it based on research from a world of dials, buttons, switches…
It’s a search engine, Jim, but not as we know it
It’s a search engine, Jim, but not as we know it
When, in the mid-1990s, the internet took off, spurred by the development of a simple, visual interface such as the WWW created at CERN by…
Where do you draw the line when it comes to AI-created content?
Where do you draw the line when it comes to AI-created content?
More and more companies are warning about the coming tidal wave of AI-generated content on their platforms.
Volkswagen: too little, too late?
Volkswagen: too little, too late?
Over the last few years I’ve written any number of pieces warning that the traditional automotive industry is running out of road and must…