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The Digital Future @digitalcenter

The Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg tracks the global evolution of digital technology and studying their worldwide impact.

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With all the talk about Agentic AI, there’s an important question that people aren’t asking: who are these agents working for? Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens weighs in. bit.ly/4m15VCw

AI double agents - Center for the Digital Future

AI double agents With all the talk about Agentic AI, there's an important question that people aren't asking: who are these agents working for? By Brad Berens In last week's column, I explored how...

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In a new column, Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens talks about the precipitous decline of brands and the rise of generics because of AI agents and other things. bit.ly/4kvL3lG

The precipitous decline of brands - Center for the Digital Future

The precipitous decline of brands ...and the rise of generics because of AI agents and other things. By Brad Berens In a recent piece, I mentioned a wide-ranging conversation about AI with my friend...

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Tom Cruise’s new movie has amazing stunts, a ludicrous plot, and doesn’t understand Artificial Intelligence. Here’s the review by Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens. bit.ly/4kUlXNG
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Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens talks about how his search for a 22-year-old comic book series led to a realization about where satisfaction comes from… or doesn’t. bit.ly/4krHPAn
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Mark Zuckerberg thinks our BFFs will soon be AIs. He’s wrong. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/4miPqm8
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My Ozempic journey continues. Why did Rite-Aid stop selling GLP-1s? Don’t pharmacies set their own prices? Answer: no. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/44somdK
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Online scams are a $500B annual “industry.” Here are a few ways to protect yourself from being the next victim. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/4iBKhmb
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Too many emails overwhelm us all the time, but we can stop the madness or at least slow it down! Here are easy ways to reduce email volume and information overload. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/43w3IZI
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How realistic is the idea that AI-powered agents will change the way we work, play, and live? The answer: it’s already happening. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/4hq1MFt
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In a new column, Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains his inside view of a company facing irrelevance and also making bad choices back in 2004. bit.ly/4kgmPNe
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Will algorithms take over Hollywood and make personalized video the dominant way people entertain themselves? Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens weighs in. bit.ly/4k6KTlv
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What if we’ve been thinking about attention the wrong way? Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/4hoTSga

Attentuon - Center for the Digital Future

Attentuon What if we've been thinking about attention the wrong way? By Brad Berens Perhaps the single most famous sentence about attention comes from William James in his 1918 book, The Principles...

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s bad policy shift came with bling that doubled down on his detachment from reality. Here’s why it matters. bit.ly/4h45d5j
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Trigger Warning: this column gets into dark territory; it’s about a lawsuit against a chatbot company concerning the death of a 14 year old boy. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/3BLHPdd
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Should we take seriously a recent study that shows people like AI-generated poetry? And what are the broader implications? Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/4idrrCM
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A hotly contested election, a polarized nation on the brink of civil war… sounds familiar, doesn’t it? But which election are we talking about? Center Director Jeffrey Cole explains. bit.ly/4hAZaWm
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Can a 1983 movie thriller about computers and the military tell us anything about drone warfare today? Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/48fzpqB

Retro futures: War Games - Center for the Digital Future

Retro futures: War Games Can a 1983 movie thriller about computers and the military tell us anything about drone warfare today? By Brad Berens Image created using DALL-E.* In 1984, my lifelong friend...

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Jonathan Haidt’s bestseller “The Anxious Generation” is a terrible book on which nobody should waste their money or attention. Center Strategic Advisor @bradberens explains. bit.ly/3YwV8G7
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Since the Center for the Digital Future first started tracking Internet use 26 years ago, trust in the reliability of online information has been in steady decline. That helps to explain our polarization today. Center Director Jeffrey Cole explains. bit.ly/3YqNmyE

Trust in online information: a long, deep drop - Center for the Digital Future

Trust in online information: a steady decline Since the Center for the Digital Future first started tracking Internet use 26 years ago, trust in the reliability of online information has been in...

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Center director Jeffrey Cole digs into the oppressive omnipresence of iPads at every retail transaction. bit.ly/4erelQ9
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