It’s official! The Notbots have made it to Episode 5 without an “um” or “uh” uttered. But more importantly, we talk about all things AI in the creative and media space with Tim Ringel, who created a media platform and ecosystem for creative types working in media. In an excerpt included in this episode, Tim offers his insights on a range of topics where AI is impacting marketing: data privacy, creative processes, the disruption of AI-driven content creation, and more. And of course, the Notbots chime in with their favorite AI stories from the last week, and Victoria does the 2-minute sprint of nifty AI tools. (A complete version of the interview is available exclusively in the YouTube channel.)

Links for this episode:

Anthropic's Fable is back in limited release

https://thenewstack.io/anthropic-fable-ban-lifted/

Meta to sell excess AI compute capacity

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-01/meta-is-building-a-cloud-business-to-sell-excess-ai-compute

Return of hacker houses

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/hacker-houses-ai-boom-san-francisco/687737/

A young Bill Gates, posing with no glasses

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/24/bill-gates-got-what-he-needed-to-start-microsoft-in-high-school.html#:~:text=all%2Dgirls%20classes.-,Business%20magnate,-and%20Microsoft%20co

Meet The People

https://meet-the-people.com/

“A Dangerous Master,” by Wendell Wallach

https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dangerous_Master/4vF70AEACAAJ?hl=en 2024

Opinion: Security of democracy is central to national security