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🔹 AI on the Lot Special Coverage All Week
AI on the Lot specials air all week, exploring the future of AI in media and storytelling.
This week features special programming from AI on the Lot, the conference exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming media, storytelling, and content creation. Tune in Monday through Friday for sessions highlighting the ideas, creators, and technologies shaping the future of entertainment.
💡 This Week in DeFiance Daily
AI and Drones Target the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
AI takes on one of the world's biggest environmental challenges by helping target ocean plastic.
The Ocean Cleanup is testing an AI-powered navigation system that predicts where plastic will accumulate before cleanup vessels arrive. By combining ocean modeling, GPS data, and autonomous drones, the organization aims to recover more plastic while making cleanup operations faster and more efficient.
The project highlights how AI is moving beyond digital applications to address real-world environmental challenges.
🔹 What Could Be Bad Season 3 Episode 2
Episode 2 explores behavioral health, resilience, and the importance of accessible mental health care.
Season 3 continues with Dr. Paige Baker-Braxton, who joins Benj Gershman for a conversation on behavioral health, balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and expanding access to mental health care. Filmed before a live audience, the discussion explores the realities of supporting wellbeing both inside and outside the workplace.
🔹 Meet the Drapers Season 9 Episode 2 Coming This Week
Another group of founders takes the stage in the next episode of Meet the Drapers.
The competition continues as Meet the Drapers returns with Season 9, Episode 2. More founders step into the spotlight to pitch their businesses, test their ideas, and compete for the opportunity to impress Tim Draper and the judging panel.
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Growth Requires Letting Go of the Wrong Work
The work that got you here won’t take you further.
Without support, it’s easy to stay stuck doing everything long after you’ve outgrown it.
Download Operator to Owner: How to Exit the Middle to learn how to refocus your time on the work that actually deserves you.