Richard O'Sullivan

Amazon to integrate AI into film and TV production to slash costs Amazon is moving to integrate artificial intelligence into its film and TV production to slash costs and speed up creative workflows. The tech giant’s Amazon MGM Studio has formed a new "AI Studio" team dedicated to developing proprietary tools for filmmakers. Operating like a lean startup within the company, the group is focused on solving the "last mile" problems that currently prevent generative AI from being used in high-end cinematic content....

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Two weeks ago, Colin Morrison CBE hosted the Flashes & Flames: The Global Media Business Weekly Monetizing B2B Media Conference here in London. I've been reflecting on a packed agenda and a plethora of takeaways (as well as some great conversations with media contacts old and new). As I tell my children on a daily basis 'sharing is caring', so I'm sharing my top takeaways (not available on Deliveroo, Just Eat or Door Dash) from the event: 1. 🚀 High-margin growth lies in data-driven product innovation 📈 Companies like Lexis Nexis and RX Global are achieving generous operating margins by investing in proprietary data products. RX Global, for instance, redeployed £1 billion from show closures to build exhibitor insight tools 💡. 2. 🔗 Data integration into workflows is the next frontier 🛠️ The most successful B2B data providers don’t just license data — they embed it into customer workflows. APIs and standardisation are key to long-term stickiness and premium pricing (although APIs come at the expense of behavioural insights). 3. 📊 Events are becoming data collection engines 🎟️ B2B events are being redefined as tools for gathering proprietary intelligence. As With Intelligence puts it: “The reason we do events is to collect data” — a shift from events as revenue generators to enablers of long-term value 🔍. 4. 🎪 Festivals outperform traditional trade shows 🎉 Modern B2B events emulate festivals: they combine showcasing, content, fun, and networking to attract premium audiences. This model appeals especially to younger professionals seeking curated serendipity ✨. 5. 💷 Value-based pricing starts with knowing your bellwethers 🎯 The most commercially successful events identify their bellwether sponsors and exhibitors — those with influence and high potential value — and build consultative, upsell strategies around them. Everyone else is managed through renewals. 6. 🤝 Community and membership beat static subscriptions 👥 There’s growing emphasis on participatory models. While subscriptions are transactional, memberships foster engagement by treating members as contributors. This drives deeper loyalty and unlocks diversified revenue 🌱. 7. 🔒 “We’re in the legal addiction business” ⚖️ This quote captures the ambition of leading B2B data providers: to build services so essential that customers become dependent. The focus is on habitual utility and embedding products so deeply that they’re indispensable 🔥. Great to see you Ros Irving, Daniel Sheriff, Christine O'Connell, Florent Jarry, Graham Page, Eric Hayden Shakun #b2bmedia #b2bevents

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According to Daniel Gilbert, CEO at Brainlabs, ChatGPT/OpenAI is walking a fine line, alienating their entire user base by turning their 'trusted friend' into an ad platform. "Many LLM models have converged in capability; the differentiator is the surrounding tooling. Memory control and collaborative file refinement feel more intuitive in Anthropic's Claude; ChatGPT can get confused as context piles up. Ads in chat risk a jarring trust break—this used to be “your helpful assistant,” now it’s “sponsored.” They could test and adapt, but there’s no moat: strong alternatives exist, and others, like Google, can afford to wait. Combined with governance and structure questions, there’s real risk the ads/IPO timing backfires." The Ad Podcast interview below 👇 #client #aivisibility #digitalmarketing #agencyleaders

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The sports viewing experience is changing, and Teads’ research is helping shape the conversation. EMARKETER builds on our insights in this new report on second-screen engagement and what it means for marketers ahead of the #FIFAWorldCup. Read more:

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One of the fascinating bits of working at Google is being able to get an insight into Search trends - what are people searching for in their daily lives. It can hold a mirror up to the preoccupations, concerns and curiosity of a nation. I wanted to highlight some interesting trends we’ve seen this summer in some of the markets I work with... 🇳🇬 In Nigeria ⭐ how to make money with ai ⭐ increased by +40% over the past 12 months - people are thinking about the opportunity there, so that’s encouraging 🇦🇪 In the UAE, Search interest in ⭐ AI + Learning ⭐ has increased +110% June-August 2025 vs the same period the prior year 🇮🇱 And in Israel, Search interest in ⭐ AI + Budget ⭐ has increased +170% in the past 12 months - with the cost of living occupying people’s thoughts Clearly, AI is on our minds — but interesting to see the local nuances... #AI #Google #SearchTrends

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What a great couple of days in London! Enjoyed being on stage at the Goldman Sachs EMEA Infrastructure Conference discussing quantum computing as part of the future of compute. One key takeaway from our panel: Quantum computing and AI are not competing technologies. They are increasingly becoming complementary layers of next-generation compute infrastructure. Thanks to Harshit Krishna (Multiverse Computing) and Matthias J. Wilkendorf (Goldman Sachs) for the thoughtful exchange, and to Goldman Sachs for hosting an excellent event. #QuantumComputing #NextGenComputing #DeepTech #eleQtron

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I'll be live on Times Radio with John Pienaar at around 17.45 today to discuss the latest developments in AI, how the UK is navigating the opportunities and challenges it presents, and why it's critically important that we scale our sovereign AI capabilities. Do tune in!

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💡 Interesting take from Kartal Goksel, CTO at Seedtag, on where AI in advertising is heading. Following Seedtag’s recognition in the 2026 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards, the blog explores a shift from processing data to understanding people through context, emotion, and intent. Relevance today is about the right moment, not just the right audience. Worth a read: https://lnkd.in/eA_VaVBm #ArtificialIntelligence #AdTech

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Will the future be held by humans… or by robots? That’s the provocative question we explored on Nessrine Hertelli Dealmaker Show — a conversation I was honored to join. We went beyond the tech trends and asked what really matters as we move forward: 🧠 Critical thinking will be our most powerful asset 🤝 Human connection will become a rare advantage 👩‍💻 Only 5% of women are in tech today — and that must change 💡 AI is not just a tool — it's reshaping how we live, lead, and work I shared my personal journey from marketing to global tech leadership, and how we can empower teams to think beyond the machine. Because it’s not about resisting technology — it’s about staying human while leading through it. 🎧 Here is the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dPUWc-sn #AI #FutureOfWork #Leadership #WomenInTech #Connect2Elevate #MindsetOverMachine #TechWithPurpose

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Tomorrow's Podnews Weekly Review I promise is another humdinger. Our first special guests is Sharon Taylor the Chief Revenue Officer from Triton Digital talking about their their new video partnership with Apple. How it works, early adopter lessons and the potential revenue upside? #Triton Our other special guest this week is Jay LeBoeuf, formerly Head of Business and Corporate Development at Descript, and now Head of AI Audio at Adobe. Jay talks about a new method of detecting & layering audio content so Adobe can separate voices, background noise and now music. Adobe also announce they're getting into Remote Video recording with up to 5 guests. In this interview Jay also clarifies the differences between Adobe Podcast, Premier Pro and Firefly, all of which come under his purview. #Adobe James Cridland and I talk about a new podcast AI disclosure proposal from Alberto Betella of RSS.com This is a good first step in dealing with the tricky issue of AI generated content. However Apple Music has just muddied the waters by announcing a new AI transparency tag. #KISS We also talk about ... 1. Audible has a new, lower-priced, subscription offering for people who really like podcasts. Is this the end of Wondery+ and will Amazon Music finally get its house in order regarding podcasting or persist in keeping it split along internal corporate lines with some podcasts in Amazon Music, some still in Wondery and some in Audible. #whatamess 2. For the first time in history, podcasts are now bigger than spoken-word radio, according to new data from Edison Research at SSRS. James the radio futurologist positions the future of radio v podcasts and what he thinks will happen next. Is Podcasting the new talk radio? 3. The Soundbite Tag is under utilized. Sam gives several examples of how this tag could be automated by hosts to better to help podcasters with social reach & discovery. #bigopportunity As usual, lots more chat about events, awards, podcasting around the world and the tech stuff. Podnews Weekly Review, something for your ears while your eyes are busy. Available where ever you get your podcasts.

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UK commercial radio delivered its highest-ever advertising revenues of £747.3m in 2025. That surpasses the previous record of £740m set in 2022 and comes despite continued economic headwinds. Growth was driven largely by digital audio, with revenues rising 14.9% year-on-year to £89.5m, with strong performance across broadcast and branded content. This underlines the strength of commercial radio and reflects how advertisers are increasingly embracing audio’s full multiplatform offer. Radio isn’t just resilient it’s evolving. Advertisers are leaning into the combined power of broadcast scale and digital targeting, where proven effectiveness and strong ROI deliver real results. See Radiocentre and RadioToday for more. Link in comments.

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This is an extract for the attached Economist article "OpenAI has reportedly told investors that it expects ChatGPT to generate $2.5bn in ad revenue this year and $11bn in 2027, with a goal of hitting $100bn by 2030. That would make it one of the world’s largest sellers of ads." For those of us working in brand protection and enforcement, the implications are significant: - The counterfeiting model will shift from “fooling the consumer” to “fooling the model.” As AI becomes the primary layer through which users discover, evaluate, and purchase products, the manipulation will follow that layer. Bad actors won’t just optimise for search engines or marketplaces—they will optimise for AI outputs. Without transparent, reliable platform data, how AI systems surface, rank, and recommend content becomes a black box. We’ve already seen what that leads to—an explosion of counterfeit advertising on social media, fuelled by easy access to global ad infrastructure for sellers across China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Let's talk about this at #INTA #brandprotection https://lnkd.in/ekUqbBiz

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Clairva x GoQuest | Building the Future of Responsible AI Proud to announce our collaboration with GoQuest Media, where Clairva’s Leinua Vault sets a new benchmark in secure, rights-managed AI data creation. This partnership enables GoQuest’s vast library of diverse, authentic content to be safely leveraged for the next wave of AI models, with full protection of rights, context, and cultural provenance. At Clairva, we believe that AI performance and responsibility are not opposites, they are two sides of the same future. By preserving authenticity, diversity, and traceable provenance, we’re ensuring that AI reflects the richness of human creativity, not erases it. Great to work with Vivek Lath in building an ecosystem for content creators. #AI #ResponsibleAI #Clairva #LeinuaVault #GoQuest #AIDatasets #DataInfrastructure #AIModels #GlobalSouth

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Great conversation with IAB UK’s James Chandler and #IABTechLab’s Jill Wittkopp on how advertising has evolved as AI becomes agentic and how standards can help

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Excellent overview from Steven Dickens. CoreWeave just became the fastest cloud to scale from 0 to $5B in annual revenue, and we finally see the true cost of playing in AI infrastructure at hyperscale. A few Aha moments from my vantage point in AI infrastructure and cloud strategy: CoreWeave’s 110% YoY growth on $1.6B in quarterly revenue is impressive, but the $8.2B in Q4 CapEx and $30B planned for 2026 tell the real story of AI cloud economics. This is a construction business where GPUs, power, and real estate are the new concrete and steel. The $66.8B contracted backlog is not an endpoint, it is a stress test. The critical question now is backlog conversion: how efficiently they can turn multi‑year capacity commitments into live, revenue‑recognizing deployments before hardware and models cycle out. The spread between healthy adjusted EBITDA and a widening GAAP loss shows where the pain really is, in depreciation, interest expense, and three‑year silicon cycles. Anyone using classic SaaS margin frameworks to model AI cloud is misreading the risk curve. The pivot from “GPU landlord” to “AI operating platform” through ARENA, CoreWeave Federal, and NVIDIA Exemplar status is the right next move. In the next chapter, orchestration, workload specialization, and compliance will matter more than who had inventory first. Customer concentration remains the single biggest structural risk. When a handful of giants and sovereign buyers anchor most of a $66.8B book, Meta, OpenAI, and partners like Saudi’s Level42 behave less like customers and more like macro factors on your balance sheet. From where I sit, CoreWeave is the clearest case study of the new AI reality: the winners will be those who can absorb multi‑billion‑dollar capex, manage hyperscale concentration risk, and still build differentiated software and workload economics on top of largely commodity silicon. This is no longer about who has GPUs. It's about who can turn AI infrastructure into a durable, diversified cloud business before the next hardware cycle resets the board.

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The most important conversation at Cannes and Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes this year isn't about a film. It's about who gets to build the future of AI-native culture — and whether Asia has a seat at the table. On 14 May, Eros Innovation is presenting AI in Asia at Cannes Next, Marché du Film bringing together governments, filmmakers, technologists, financiers, and policymakers to ask the questions the industry is only just beginning to take seriously. Three panels. One big thesis: Asia is not adopting AI. Asia is building the operating system for global AI-native culture. I'll also be moderating — including a panel on the future of film financing and how AI is fundamentally changing who gets to make films, and how they get funded. Village Innovation, Pantiero, Cannes. 14 May. If you're at the Marché, come find us. #Cannes2026 #AIinAsia #CannesNext #ErosInnovation #LargeculturalModels

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We are excited to highlight how Mediahuis Nederland partnered with Google Cloud to build NewsSearch. Researching a news story used to be a bottleneck, taking up to 30 minutes just to find background information in the archives. Today, thanks to generative AI, that process happens in seconds. Powered by Vertex AI and Gemini models, NewsSearch goes beyond simple keyword matching. It acts as an intelligent assistant that transforms vast archives into a dynamic journalistic asset. As Bart Janssens, Senior Project Lead at Mediahuis, puts it: "Innovation and journalistic rigor can not only coexist but also reinforce each other. With AI as a companion, our journalists are opening a new era in the press." Read the full case study, here → https://goo.gle/3M552MF

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It's a chaotic world right now. The workforce is changing with AI and much more. Really excited for this event to hear from some fantastic speakers on how to not only navigate these challenges but how to lead

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