Oatly went 9 years without a marketing team. Stupid — or wicked smart?


How do you set yourself apart from other brands? How do you sell people on a product they’re not used to? And how do you do all that without a marketing department? John Schoolcraft, Global Chief Creative Director at Oatly, has an answer. In 2012, together w

German sustainability startup announces $4B plan to turn waste product into green hydrogen


There are many great use cases of hydrogen fuel cells powering vehicles like trucks, buses, ships, trains, aircraft, and to a lesser extent, cars.  While hydrogen is a green substance in action — much like green electricity — it’s sourcing h

We taught an AI to impersonate Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – here’s what it revealed about sentience


Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be, That machines should e’er surpass our art. We are the masters, them the slaves, And thus it ever shall be so! They learn, ‘tis true, but they learn Only what we bid them learn, no more. They cannot understand the heart Or beauty of

Polestar hosts ‘Future Talk’ on sustainable material design at Amsterdam museum


Fighting climate change. That’s about solar panels, ditching meat, flying less, and driving an electric car, right? Absolutely, but that’s only half the story. For a lot of product designers, sustainability is becoming the key focus of their

The 3 things an AI must demonstrate to be considered sentient


A Google developer recently decided that one of the company’s chatbots, a large language model (LLM) called LaMBDA, had become sentient. According to a report in the Washington Post, the developer identifies as a Christian and he believes that the machine has somethi

Fiat kitted out a 500 EV to charge wirelessly while driving


The idea of EV wireless charging while on the road is gradually gaining traction — and not without a reason. Juicing up your car while driving removes the hassle of stopping at a charging station and would end range anxiety once and for all. Stellantis is th

7 tech jobs that let you use your skills to save the planet


Many of us want to be part of a greater vision to make the world a better place. Now, with major technologies tackling climate change, this is becoming a reality and many more of us can play our role in protecting the planet. From carbon offsetti

A Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he’s right, how would we know?


Google’s LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software engineer Blake Lemoine, LaMDA has achieved a long-held dream of AI developer

Why I can’t wait for Seth Dobrin’s talk at TNW Conference 2022


The future’s never been fuzzier for the field of artificial intelligence. Today’s headlines are ripped straight out of our favorite science fiction classics. Sorting the nonsense from reality can often be an exercise in trying not to throw the baby out with the bathw

6 TNW Conference speakers you don’t want to miss


This week’s TNW conference is going to be a banger. The team has put together a wonderfully diverse group of speakers brimming to share their valuable insights. Here are just a few of the speakers I can’t wait to hear from:   Michał Marcinik


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