Jon Reed
jon.diginomica.com
Jon Reed
@jon.diginomica.com
diginomica co-founder + Enterprise Irregular who blogs/videocasts on the enterprise, w/ dash of bootstrappin' + media hacks. OK, I rant sometimes.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...

-> my bot is presenting at this conference, looking forward to hearing the feedback from home in my bunny slippers.... lolz
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Code suggests that OpenAI may be close to introducing ads for ChatGPT www.engadget.com/ai/code-sugg...

-> you know this is coming..... and hallucations will be provided to advertisers at no additional cost....
Code suggests that OpenAI may be close to introducing ads for ChatGPT
A beta version of ChatGPT's Android app hints at many styles of advertising.
www.engadget.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’ | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/11/30/a...

-> terminators don't scare James Cameron but ChatGPT sure does.. I get that... lol
‘Avatar’ director James Cameron says generative AI is ‘horrifying’ | TechCrunch
James Cameron’s movies are often at the cutting edge of visual effects technology, but that doesn't make him a fan of generative AI.
techcrunch.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
we had some super smart customer questions from the show floor to field, that's the best kind of hot seat for a podcast
During this live 'ASUG Talks' episode, @jon.diginomica.com teamed up with ASUG Group CEO Geoff Scott and analyst Joshua Greenbaum for an "Ask Me Anything" special.

Listen to Q&As on SAP Business Data Cloud, RISE with SAP, data management, and cloud strategies in this podcast episode bit.ly/4ih9wLS
Answering Your Questions About RISE, SAP Business Data Cloud, and AI [Live at ASUG Tech Connect]
Join SAP thought leaders in this episode of ASUG Talks as they discuss SAP Business Data Cloud, RISE with SAP, data management, and cloud strategies.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Shouldn't customer success be free? More on this, and other thorny questions, from @jon.diginomica.com when he sat down with Jean de Villiers, Unit4's Chief Customer Officer. bit.ly/4oAdbpT
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare hackaday.com/2025/11/20/h...

"Customers who were on the old FL proxy did not see this error."

-> the shiny new code broke, which we found out the hard way - I'm detecting a pattern here...
How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare
On November 18 of 2025 a large part of the Internet suddenly cried out and went silent, as Cloudflare’s infrastructure suffered the software equivalent of a cardiac arrest. After much panicke…
hackaday.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/g...

"“It won’t be easy but through collaboration and co-design, we’re going to get there.”

-> don't worry about what it's all for or why, just press the accelerator until you drop
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google’s AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
arstechnica.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
New study reveals TikTok & Instagram content actually “rots” your brain - Dexerto www.dexerto.com/tiktok/new-s...

"heavy short-form video consumption is linked to diminished cognitive function"

-> I think the hope is brains won't be needed going forward lolz
New study reveals TikTok & Instagram content actually “rots” your brain - Dexerto
A new study reveals that short form video content on apps like TikTok and Instagram can cause a decline in mental health.
www.dexerto.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...

"$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist"

-> Deloitte, our fearless innovators lmao
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Enterprise hits and misses - want #AI success? It's about change management, not tech. Plus: the sixty hour workweek debate heats up diginomica.com/enterprise-h... by @jon.diginomica.com. #EnSw #ChangeManagement #FutureOfWork #HRTech
Enterprise hits and misses - want AI success? It's about change management, not tech. Plus: the sixty hour workweek debate heats up
This week - our AI project success results are in. It's about change management, but with a data (and process) twist. The future of work heats up, with sixty hour workweeks as the hot topic. Plus: cha...
diginomica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why Can’t I Just Watch Sports on Television? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

-> because streaming is revolutionizing entertainment baby - have with with all your apps and log ins...
Why Can’t I Just Watch Sports on Television?
It shouldn’t be this hard to be a fan.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Disney animator slams CEO and encourages viewers to 'pirate' show over AI-generated content www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

""If you pay us we'll let you make your own content slop! That we will own!' "

-> I guess maybe this isn't the best holiday present then lol
MSN
Disney Channel animator Dana Terrace did not hold back in her social media response to CEO Bob Iger's AI announcement, encouraging fans to 'unsubscribe' from Disney+
www.msn.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It’s the fake thing: Coca-Cola tries another AI Christmas TV ad pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/04/i...

"This is the best ad that Pepsi never paid for. Coca-Cola: it’s the fake thing."

-> ouch
It’s the fake thing: Coca-Cola tries another AI Christmas TV ad
It’s early November! And you know what that means? Coca-Cola’s done another of its terrible AI Christmas TV ads! Where they take their 1995 ad “Holidays Are Coming” and remake it with a slop genera…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Spats, risks and stock market insights, AI bubbles, the M&S cyber attack recovery, CIOs and the Microsoft price hikes... all these and more in your hits and misses this week from @jon.diginomica.com. Plus some whiffs to make you smile. bit.ly/43j4rwr
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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ASUG Tech Connect brought AI adoption to a head. What do customers need to build with SAP AI? Is the Gen AI Hub for BTP message getting out there? @jon.diginomica.com discussed this with SAP's Walter Sun - starting with SAP's RPT-1 foundational model news: bit.ly/3JVxT53
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Podcast: People Are Modding Meta Ray-Bans to Spy On You www.404media.co/podcast-peop...

-> Being a creep used to be free, now you have to fork over $60 #aiisawesome
Podcast: People Are Modding Meta Ray-Bans to Spy On You
We talk all about our articles on Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, and AI-generated ads personalized just for you.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic' www.404media.co/automattic-a...

-> but what about "hyyyyyrdomatic?" Why not try and claim that while you're at it lol cc: @brianssommer
Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic'
Automattic, the company that owns Wordpress.com, is asking Automatic.CSS to rebrand.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Risks of Generative AI for Therapy and Companionship enterprisespectator.substack.com/p/risks-of-g...

-> really good one by @fscavo, who is always pushing the research forward and not relaxing into stale positions. I learn from him....
Risks of Generative AI for Therapy and Companionship
Using GenAI products like ChatGPT for “emotional applications” carries huge risks that are not easily mitigated.
enterprisespectator.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop : r/technology www.reddit.com/r/technology...htt> Spotify's music recommendation engine is comically bad, with AI slop making it worse, but I've found a ton of stuff on YouTube.....
From the technology community on Reddit: The algorithm failed music | Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop
Explore this post and more from the technology community
www.reddit.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/05/a...

-> my rule is: if it's more convenient and faster for me to get the info, then I'm going to absolutely trust it... lolz
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
The BBC and the European Broadcasting Union have produced a large study of how well AI chatbots handle summarising the news. In short: badly. [BBC; EBU] The researchers asked ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemi…
pivot-to-ai.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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SAP TechEd Berlin is well underway - and so is ASUG Tech Connect. What have we learned from this event mashup so far? What SAP AI news stands out? Do customers have the tools (and skills) to move forward? @jon.diginomica.com is in Louisville for us with a timely mid-event gut check: bit.ly/4hPd5c2
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Vendors made their agentic ambitions clear this fall - but the role of partners? Not so much. Oracle AI World was an exception. @jon.diginomica.com boils down some AI agent lessons from a demo with Auditoria.AI, and a talk with Oracle AI Agent Marketplace launch partner Apex IT: bit.ly/3JtMHaY
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Enterprise hits and misses - is there an agentic #AI gap between vendors and customers? #Amazon's #outage fallout continues, and deep fakes are ready for prime time diginomica.com/enterprise-h... by @jon.diginomica.com. #EnSw #AgenticAI
Enterprise hits and misses - is there an agentic AI gap between vendors and customers? Amazon's outage fallout continues, and deep fakes are ready for prime time
This week - events cast light on the agentic gap between vendors and customers. Audio deep fakes are conversational, and facial recognition is problematic. The Amazon outage fallout news continues, as...
diginomica.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors newatlas.com/computers/mu...

Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors newatlas.com/computers/mu...

-> not the most attractive looking gear, but I'm in....
Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors
They may be better known for stir-fries than supercomputing, but shiitake mushrooms have now been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but…
newatlas.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses www.wired.com/review/ray-b...

"The glasses are great, but I find myself feeling hesitant to wear them around in public."

-> no worries, you can always wear them around the house lol
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM