Daily LInks
1. Hollywood Studios Can Train AI Models on Writers’ Work Under Tentative Deal. Hollywood studios are expected to retain the right to train artificial-intelligence models based on writers’ work under the terms of a tentative labor agreement between the two sides, people familiar with the situation said. – Read More on the WSJ
2. Luxury and Technology: Toward the Boutique of the Future. The accelerated adoption of new technologies in the luxury sector has continued, with increasingly sophisticated use cases for the most mature technologies (notably RFID and AI), and a steady flow of experiments to enhance customer engagement (augmented or virtual reality, NFTs). – Read More on Bain
3. TikTok’s E-Commerce Ambitions Face New Regulatory Obstacles in Its Largest Market. Indonesia is prohibiting social media companies from facilitating direct e-commerce payments on their platforms. The move, directed at TikTok, means companies will only be able to advertise products but not conduct direct transactions. – Read More on Time
4. Using Technology to Improve Supply-Chain Resilience. To move forward, supply chain managers need more flexible, dynamic connections between trading partners to replace their current point-to-point, static connections that are unable to adapt to sudden, unexpected supply chain disruptions. – Read More on HBR
5. What Uganda’s war on second-hand clothes means for fashion. Kolade’s efforts to build a new kind of fashion ecosystem operates on the fringes of a broader and increasingly politically fraught global debate over what happens to fashion’s growing waste footprint, and who ends up paying for it. – Read More on CNN
6. Gensler is testifying before Congress and facing increasing lawsuits over his many rule changes. The complaints from the industry have been mounting for over a year: too many rules. No time for industry input. No roundtable discussions. No sharing of data used to make the policy decisions. – Read More on CNBC