8.18.25: Gordon's Weekly Recommendations

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Gemini Prompt: Please create a photo like image of two robot hairdressers inspired by the director Tim Burton's style of art. The robots are sitting at a wildly energetic pop concert. NOTE from Gordon: ChatPGPT correctly would not create this image given my Tim Burton reference. i’m surprised Gemini did so am sharing as an FYI. Importantly, this is not likely ‘kosher’ from legal point of view.

VIDEOS: Recommended Viewing

• AI + Social Media = The Biggest Opportunity of Our Lifetime | GaryVee @ Aspire4More Mastermind

• Why AI is Overrated - with Neil deGrasse Tyson

POSTS: Recommended Reading=

• GPT-5 Doesn't Dislike You—It Might Just Need a Benchmark for Emotional Intelligence

• What Does Palantir Actually Do? Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.

PODCASTS: Recommended Listening

• GPT-5 Backlash + Perplexity C.E.O. Aravind Srinivas on the Browser Wars + Hot Mess Express

Salon Tech Talks: Here are 6 episodes (of 10) featuring my conversations with leaders in the salon tech space: Stay tuned for the final 4!

• NEW: 123. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 6: BeautyDeskAI founder Universe Walker on the digital front desk

• 22. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 5: Vagaro Founder/CEO Fred Helou on the future of Pro Beauty Tech

• 121. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 4: Digital Marketing with Ameet Kallarackal, Glammatic.com

• 120. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 3: Phorest’s Paddy Monaghan on the State of Pro Beauty Tech

• 119. Salon Tech Talks, Pt 2: Meevo's John Harms on the State of Tech for Pro Beauty

• 118. Salon Tech Talks: Paul Tate on the State of Technology for Pro Beauty

Wishing you a most beautiful week,

gordon

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