💾 Subscriptions for Camera Updates?

Camera firmware on a Netflix model? Say cheese!💾, LinkedIn sheds its boring image👔, AI and film make a potentially Oscar-worthy combo🎥.

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Is your camera's firmware stuck in the '90s? Netflix-style subscriptions might be coming for your cameras, people! Subscriptions for cameras, yay or nay? Keep reading before you rage-quit.

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VISUAL CREATORS
For your artistic side.

Sony and other camera makers are reportedly considering a subscription model for firmware updates.

This comes as cameras have recently increased in upfront cost, and some manufacturers have been slow to release free firmware updates for older models.

Firmware subscriptions could help cover ongoing costs for features like AI or cloud capabilities, but the challenge is that consumers are already burdened with multiple app and platform subscriptions.

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Ella Uzan and photographers using AI:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎨 Artistic pioneers
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 💼 Business opportunists
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤖 AI's best friend

PRODUCTION MASTERY
The commercial aspects of creativity.

At SXSW, Adam Cole’s AI-infused art is turning heads as it won the Audience Award and sparked debate about accessible AI in art.

Cole’s backstory goes from AI anxiety to using it as a creative tool, proving there’s room for human emotion in our techy future. And Cole’s not alone – other creators are hacking into AI’s code to unlock new creative frontiers.

His work asks us: Will AI amplify our creative limits or set them? At the heart of this question is a bigger one: Can we democratize AI without diluting its potency?

After all, in a world where AI can dream up a kiss or crash, what’s real and what's tech?

Will AI redefine art?

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Thoughts on Europe's AI Act?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 📜 A step in the right direction
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤖 Stifling AI progress
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Mixed feelings

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CREATOR ECONOMY
Navigating the digital creative world.

LinkedIn is becoming a hotspot for creators, agencies, and influencers.

The platform’s shift from a traditional professional network to a content hub has been brewing for years. The pandemic propelled LinkedIn’s rise as remote work and event cancellations pushed professionals to seek digital networking alternatives.

Creator programs like LinkedIn Top Voices, managed by the platform’s editorial team, have given select creators a leg up. Agencies like Creator Authority and The Social Standard are capitalizing on LinkedIn’s unique focus on industry-specific content and career growth.

LinkedIn’s opportunity is clear: can it foster a creator-friendly environment without losing its professional edge?

Will LinkedIn become a creator haven?

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MrBeast's game show: Prime addition or YouTube subtraction?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🎥 Prime Addition
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤷 Mixed Feelings
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 📺 YouTube 4 Life

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📽️ VISUAL CREATORS

Fujifilm bets on smartphones fueling camera interest, cites unique experiences, and joy of operation and image quality as key differentiators from AI-optimized handsets.

From Arbus to Leibovitz, photography owes much of its diverse legacy to trailblazing women who dared to shoot outside the frame of convention.

📈 PRODUCTION MASTERY

Going to Hollywood? Learn to speak film: A-lister budgets go "above the line", crews eat "below the line", and "Best Boys" don't fetch coffee.

Russell Palmer's indie-friendly AI, CyberFilm, won over a skeptical Marvel scriptwriter in a single meeting.

🎭 CREATOR ECONOMY

At Nvidia's GTC, agencies like Media.Monks bet big on AI, envisioning a future where robots and GPUs redefine industrial norms.

Meta’s Threads will soon allow cross-platform posts on the fediverse, signaling a more open social media landscape.

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