Travel inspiration has always been visual, yet the nature of those visuals is evolving quickly. With Google’s introduction of Nano Banana 2, image generation is becoming more contextual, blending AI understanding with real-time information like weather, lighting, and environmental cues. The result is imagery that feels less imagined and more experiential, offering travelers a preview of how a place might feel [...]

In Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the emotional tension hinges on a simple idea: what if artificial beings had memories like ours? What if they carried experience, longing, and narrative continuity? We are tempted to project that same idea onto large language models. We shouldn’t. There’s a growing conversation about “AI memory [...]

  If you’ve been on the internet this week, you’ve probably seen one recurring theme: Staples. More specifically, Staples’ response to an employee now known as the “Staples Baddie.” For the last decade, brands, and plenty of DMOs, have treated “brand voice” like the engine of the machine. Nail the tone. Polish the copy. Standardize the look. That worked. Until [...]