Video killed the Radio Star

Video Renaissance

It feels like one of those moments when you hear “video killed the radio star”. Except this time, no radio died. Video was reborn. In the span of days, two launches reshaped what video even means. Synthesia 3.0 unveiled video agents, lifelike avatars, AI copilots, and interactive courses—video not as a clip but as a system. Then Sam Altman announced Sora 2, describing it as … Continue reading Video Renaissance

From Dial-Up to GPT-5

How the AI Moment Rhymes with the Internet’s Dawn Or Does it? Going back for the summer to Spain to visit family, I found myself in my mom’s basement—dust motes in the sunbeams, the faint smell of cardboard and old paper, and boxes labeled in my younger handwriting. In one, under envelopes of old photos from my photo-journalistic period and the detritus of a pre-cloud … Continue reading From Dial-Up to GPT-5

What Happens When Interns “Know” …

…More Than Executives? In consulting and other knowledge industries, the traditional model has always followed a clear path: junior employees process information, middle managers synthesize it, and senior leaders make the final calls. Experience and hierarchy went hand in hand. But that structure is starting to break. Thanks to generative AI, interns and entry-level analysts now have access to tools that allow them to move … Continue reading What Happens When Interns “Know” …