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Rob McCargow
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Technology Impact Leader at PwC • Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School • TEDx and keynote speaker • #AI #FutureofWork • ❤️ #Vizslas 🐕
Hello!

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June 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Reposted by Rob McCargow
The appetite for AI-derived drivel isn’t as strong as many publishers would have you believe, and demand for quality content is growing.

Don't count out human writers in this AI era.
Don’t Count Out Human Writers in the Age of AI
The appetite for AI-derived drivel isn’t as strong as many publishers would have you believe, and demand for quality content is growing.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@pwc-uk.bsky.social Embankment Place not letting me down with the views today 🥰

Happy New Year, all!
January 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Reposted by Rob McCargow
This is as good as the discovery some years back that Cornish ducks make more relaxed sounds than London ones. The Cockney quack is like a shout, whereas the Cornish version is more of a giggle.
www.bbc.com/newsround/ar...
New AI tool can track dolphins by their 'regional accents'
The tool can be helped to identify dolphin species and to study the impact human activities, like fishing, have on the aquatic mammals.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Always a fascinating discussion about the impact of AI on productivity.

cc @asentance.bsky.social @jhawksworth.bsky.social 💡
Why is there a lot of disagreement amongst economists about AI productivity forecasts?

This article suggests differences in assumptions around speed of adoption, and if this adoption is concentrated to a small number of sectors.
December 9, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I swear I have never even heard of this song.

And instead of a LLM-generated podcast fawning over my music tastes, can we have one instead that slates me?
#SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
December 1, 2024 at 3:25 PM
I’m pleased to be returning as a judge for the Digital Revolution Awards 2025 which celebrate excellence across the global tech ecosystem 🏆

The UK deadline is 30th November so check out the link below for further details:
www.digitalrevolutionawards.com
#DigitalRevAwards2025 #GenAI #Cloud #Data
November 26, 2024 at 7:49 AM

#StormBert blowing the cobwebs away at #ChobhamCommon 🌬️

#MabelTheVizsla #RustyTheVizsla
November 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM
An inspirational night at the #TechWomen100 Awards and a privilege to have had the opportunity to hit the stage to hand out the gongs! 🏆

Proud to have been a judge at these awards since the start—the legacy created by @vanessavallelyobe.bsky.social + @wearetechwomen.bsky.social is incredible 🚀
November 24, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Reposted by Rob McCargow
This is really getting quite remarkable

• BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀

• Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up

And the next chart is particularly notable...
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by Rob McCargow
best use of AI yet? UK mobile operator O2 has created a human-like AI “Granny” to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, wasting as much of their time as possible 😅 news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-d...
O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time - Virgin Media O2
O2 has today unveiled the newest member of its fraud prevention team, 'Daisy'. As ‘Head of Scammer Relations’, this state-of-the-art AI Granny's mission is to talk with fraudsters and waste as much of...
news.virginmediao2.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Meet #RustyTheVizsla and #MabelTheVizsla - you’ll be seeing a lot of them on my feed!
November 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Hello @bsky.app - hoping this is like the old place used to be.
November 14, 2024 at 9:22 PM