Andrew Marconi

Most technologyasks you to trust it.

I help brands build the kind that earns it.

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Creative Technology27 October 2026

ProPublica's reporters struck for the right to say no to a tool

ProPublica's union walked out partly for the right to refuse an AI tool. It came back with a committee and a policy, and the difference lands on whoever signs the work.

Craft22 October 2026

Your customers can see the stitches that aren't there

J.Crew's AI catalog passed the glance and failed the people who know how a shirt is cut. The customers who look closest are the ones you lose.

Trust as Infrastructure20 October 2026

The lawsuit and the licensing deal are the same negotiation

Answer engines stopped paying for attribution with clicks. Now it gets priced in court and in contracts.

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Five59 Labs

"The Other What" Podcast

A podcast where two Atlanta-based queer women of color navigate mid-life, divorce, community, and the experience of living as multiple "others" in a heteronormative world.

WaterRising Institute / UN Water

WaterWoman Project Launch Event

Kick-off event for WaterRising Institute's WaterWoman Project at Stockholm Water Week 2022. A private industry dinner held at Fotografiska, the photography museum on the Söderström.

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