Listen now to THE GRAIN with Ronit Novak, as I build my series of podcast probes into the pleasure and peril of AI and the future of creativity—recorded at Made Human Studios in the Little Jamaica neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada.

Links to some stuff we talk about…

* Ian Mackenzie takes creative reins at McCann Worldgroup [Campaign Canada]Mackenzie oversees all creative work for the network’s creative operations in Canada—and serves as McCann’s global AI creative lead

* How the ad industry Is making AI images look less like AI [Wall Street Journal]“It’s a back-and-forth conversation with technology and technology experts, but against a unifying and evolving creative vision that really involves layers,” said Ian Mackenzie

* The evolution (and navigation) of the ‘Black Elevation Map’ [Strategy]It reveals where Black-owned businesses and cultural institutions are most likely to be present or absent

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