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  • Lu Xiaobo in conversation with Ann-Marie Richard, Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art

    In a recent conversation, Ann-Marie Richard, Director of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, engaged with Lu Xiaobo, the former director of Tsinghua University, to discuss his latest exhibition at the Blanc gallery. Their dialogue highlighted the depth and innovation of Lu’s… more ›

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    https://www.sothebysinstitute.com/news-and-events/news/how-luxury-and-art-are-rewriting-industry-boundaries?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email more ›

  • From ownership to experience: how young buyers are reshaping luxury

    As the luxury industry faces a complex economic climate, it is also undergoing a major transformation in the way wealthy consumers shop. https://au.fashionnetwork.com/news/From-ownership-to-experience-how-young-buyers-are-reshaping-luxury,1724431.html more ›

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    https://https//fashionunited.uk/news/retail/global-luxury-retail-report-2025-more-openings-rents-rise-again/2025050281423?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email more ›

  • AI Is Too Busy To Take Your Job

    For the past fifty years, human labor was expensive, and software was cheap. Yet humans remained busy because software wasn’t good enough to perform most human tasks. https://www.drorpoleg.com/ai-is-too-busy-to-take-your-job/ more ›

  • Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger: Building AI Products From the Bottom Up

    Drawing on his experience at Instagram, Mike Krieger discusses how AI product development requires a different approach—one that’s more bottoms-up and responsive to model capabilities. As Anthropic’s Chief Product Officer, he explains why compute allocation is a critical strategic decision,… more ›

  • AI trends in 2025 that drive progress on global goals | Global Stage

    As the 10th annual UN Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum gets under way in New York, GZERO Media’s Global Stage series presents a timely conversation about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Subscribe… more ›

  • How did conspiracy theories become mainstream? | Naomi Klein | Big Questions

    Naomi Klein joins us at Penguin to answer some big questions on the reality-distorting algorithms, social media regulation, and the true threat of AI. Order Naomi’s new book Doppelganger here: https://bit.ly/45LRPwN When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared… more ›

  • Unlocking Europe’s Potential

    Two recent landmark reports on the European Union’s economy paint an unforgiving picture of its vulnerabilities, suggesting the region faces the prospect of “slow agony”. At current productivity and demographic trends, Europe’s economic output is forecast to be the same… more ›

  • Beth Gibbons: Tiny Desk Concert

    Lars Gotrich | May 12, 2025 Beth Gibbons’ voice can cleave your heart in half and heal it back together. Whether fronting Portishead, singing Henryk Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs or guesting on a Kendrick Lamar track, Gibbons’ frail, yet… more ›