Seo Hyun Jin and Gong Yoo’s long-awaited drama is gearing up for its premiere!
On October 30, the first teaser and poster were revealed for the upcoming Netflix series “The Trunk.”
Based on a novel, “The Trunk” is about a secretive marriage service accompanied by a mysterious trunk. The story revolves around Noh In Ji (Seo Hyun Jin), an employee at NM (New Marriage) who finds herself deeply alone despite her job of living with a “contract husband” every year, and Han Jeong Won (Gong Yoo), who enters into this contract marriage in an ironic attempt to preserve his previous marriage.
In the poster, Noh In Ji is seen entering Han Jeong Won’s home with a large trunk, set against a backdrop of a spiral staircase and a cold, glamorous atmosphere. The characters wear similarly empty facial expressions as they are turned toward each other. The poster contains the text, “Truth and lies, wrath and longing. A marriage entangled in secrets.”
The teaser gives a glimpse of the “contract couple” meeting for the first time. Noh In Ji, who is familiar with the process, enters the home of her fifth husband Han Jeong Won, who does not seem very excited about the situation as he asks, “Do I refer to you as my wife? Is that how this works?” The two then embark on their one-year contract marriage, guided by a manual.
It also hints at the mysterious relationship between Han Jeong Won and his ex-wife Lee Seo Yeon (Jung Yun Ha), who says to him, “Congratulations on your marriage, honey.” To Noh In Ji, Lee Seo Yeon mysteriously says, “Please be happy. I may be punishing Jeong Won, but I’m also giving him time off.”
“The Trunk” is set to premiere on November 29 via Netflix.
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Two Weeks of Generative AI News – SEO in Crisis, OpenAI Economics, Midjourney, Google, Baidu, NVIDIA & More – Voicebot Podcast 357 – Voicebot.ai
This past week’s Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown covers two weeks of news. Eric Schwartz of Voicebot.ai and I jammed in 16 different news stories and a few other tidbits in this double roundup.
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Beyond Bard: A Conversation With Google’s Yury Pinsky on AI & the Future of SEO – Search Engine Journal
Join us as we share insights from the top SEOs at the world’s largest traffic-driving websites. Instead of guesswork, you’ll discover how to leverage real data to align your team and fast-track growth with five proven and actionable tactics you can implement immediately.
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Bard is our creative collaborator. It’s a place where you can come in and have a conversation with the large language model which really helps you to boost your productivity and bring your ideas to life. –Yuri Pinsky, 02:16
Step behind the curtain and into the world of Google’s Bard with its Director of Product Management, Yury Pinsky, in an exclusive conversation with SEJ Editor-in-Chief Amanda Zantal-Wiener.
Hear about the origins and journey to Bard’s unveiling, and discover how the team behind it envisions a collaborative future with AI. SEO pros and seasoned digital marketers alike will get an up-close look at the nuances of generative AI and a glimpse at what predictions for what’s next.
So prep your popcorn — grab your notetaking method of choice — and tune in to learn how to incorporate Google’s current and forward-looking AI initiatives into your own business innovation.
[07:11] – The origin of Bard and its market niche.
[13:23] – Impact of generative AI and Bard on SEO and content creation.
[17:37] – Using Bard for audience evaluation in content creation.
[23:54] – Distinctive features of Bard compared to other AI models.
[28:33] – Most interesting prompts seen in Bard.
[33:29] – Future vision for Bard and generative AI.
I’m inspired by this idea that technology can work together with us, and we can bring Bard in as a creative partner in your editorial work or when we’re trying to write a document for work or something in our personal lives. –Yuri Pinsky, 09:46
It’s a very vibrant, fast-paced, fast moving industry right now. I think some of the unique things we have with Bard are things like the ability to plug into Google tools. –Yuri Pinsky, 23:54
In the sciences and the medical field, there could be lots of interesting breakthroughs in drug discovery in climate applications. How can they use the power of these foundational models to really benefit all of us in some way? –Yuri Pinsky, 25:44
Your ideas still have to be your own in order for AI to work with you best and work for you best. –Yuri Pinsky, 28:33
It is not the end of search. Bard is an experiment. It’s complementary to search. It’s this conversational collaborator. –Yuri Pinsky, 32:47
Connect with Yury Pinsky:
Yury is a Product Manager for Bard, leading areas including Extensions, Factuality, and multi-modality. Yury is passionate about cutting edge technology and finding ways to bring it to users around the world. Prior to serving in his current role, Yury led product teams around Natural Language and Speech Recognition for the Google Assistant, spent time building wearables in Google [X], and helped build out Google Search on mobile devices.
Outside of work, Yury enjoys spending time with his family, planning his next vacation, and the daily logistics of kids’ extracurricular activities.
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Why You Should Switch To An Always-On SEO Auditing Strategy – Search Engine Journal
Join us as we share insights from the top SEOs at the world’s largest traffic-driving websites. Instead of guesswork, you’ll discover how to leverage real data to align your team and fast-track growth with five proven and actionable tactics you can implement immediately.
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Everyone who touches your website is on the SEO team. The problem is that most people don’t know they’re on the team. An “always on” mentality regarding SEO can help mitigate risk and protect rankings.
Since there’s no ‘easy’ button for a technical audit, join us for this special spotlight episode to learn how 24/7 monitoring can help you see everything happening on your site at any moment.
Go beyond SEO and bring together teams focused on compliance, know when people go rogue and when other teams make changes. Addressing them quickly as they happen can help your rankings and growth.
Conductor’s Patrick Reinhart joins me on the SEJ Show to dive into the importance of continuous SEO monitoring and how Conductor can help you work smarter, not harder.
Patrick will walk through common problems with SEO and how you can proactively fix them before rankings are impacted. You’ll also learn how real-time SEO auditing can streamline your process.
One of the hardest things is a conversation with other teams getting people to care. And I think something that always gets someone, the attention is data. –Pat Reinhart, 13:47
The mindset of it being a compliance component and that notification when something is not working can not necessarily change a negative mindset, but get everybody on the same mindset that you’re working together for this common goal, which I like. –Loren Baker, 16:59
One of the best things you can do is pay attention to how specific you’re being with your content. Specificity is going to be a key factor moving forward. –Pat Reinhart, 26:16
[00:00] – About Pat Reinhart.
[05:51] – SEO audit shift to ongoing processes.
[07:34] – Always-on SEO mentality explained.
[12:38] – Real-time SEO monitoring versus health check-ups.
[16:22] – Emphasizing compliance in SEO audits with developers.
[17:31] – Realistic goal-setting with dev teams in SEO.
[19:31] – SEO strategies before holiday code freezes.
[24:41] – AI’s impact in SEO and ChatGPT’s role.
[25:05] – Strategies for Google’s search generative experience.
[32:58] – Transparency and authorship in SEO content.
[35:58] – LinkedIn’s importance for SEO professionals.
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It’s not about speed or volume. It’s more about creating specific content that drives value. –Pat Reinhart, 29:51
LinkedIn has been very helpful to me throughout my career. It’s not just my digital resume. It’s a community that you can use to your advantage. –Pat Reinhart, 38:12
It’s more about process than practice most of the time. –Pat Reinhart, 44:25
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Google: Fix Technical Issues Before Chasing The ‘Next Big Thing’ – Search Engine Journal
Join us as we share insights from the top SEOs at the world’s largest traffic-driving websites. Instead of guesswork, you’ll discover how to leverage real data to align your team and fast-track growth with five proven and actionable tactics you can implement immediately.
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Technical SEO basics and high-quality, helpful content should come before chasing SEO trends, say Google’s Search Relations team.
In search engine optimization (SEO), where the focus often swings toward the latest trends and advanced tactics, Google’s Search Off The Record podcast team recently reminded everyone to get the basics right first.
Martin Splitt, Gary Illyes, and John Mueller of Google’s Search Relations team explained that many websites still need help with basic technical SEO issues like site crawlability, indexing, and page rendering.
These foundational factors directly impact a site’s performance in search results. As such, they should be addressed before less critical optimizations.
Technical SEO involves optimizing a website’s architecture and infrastructure to improve crawling and indexing by search engines.
Unlike content creation or promotion, technical SEO focuses solely on the behind-the-scenes elements of a site.
Illyes explains why he often posts on social media about technical SEO:
“I like to post about technical things…because every now and then we notice that big site owners or big site SEOs will miss critical basic things.”
Illyes described his observations from conferences where attendees were captivated by the ‘next big thing.’
He argued:
“Just make sure your content is good first… looking at these websites that people put there, they are not helpful or useful to me as a user trying to find things.”
Further, he underlined the significance of technical aspects in SEO, saying:
“If Googlebot cannot reach your site, or rendering fails miserably, or there are no tokens (words) on the site or a page, then there’s not that much that Google can do for you.”
Splitt agreed, stating technical SEO “is still important – it’s like all of those basics.” He suggested troubleshooting with a site’s homepage, as search engines view this as the most vital page.
When these technical aspects are neglected, it may lead to critical issues, such as rendering failures or inaccessible sites, which can severely affect a website’s performance in search engine rankings.
[Recommended Read] → SEO Trends 2024
Another key discussion point was the evaluation of content and the common misperception that high traffic equates to high-quality pages.
Mueller cautioned relying solely on analytics without considering user experience:
“I sometimes feel it’s misleading to just purely focus on the traffic.”
He recounted an example of a site ranking well for generic keywords but providing little value to users. When traffic from those low-quality keywords declined, the aggregate stats looked concerning – but the loss was irrelevant.
The hosts emphasized that metrics beyond traffic, such as user engagement and satisfaction, are more accurate indicators of a page’s usefulness and quality.
Mueller states:
“You almost need to look at the bigger picture of all of the traffic that’s gone, but also keep in mind… a lot of this was useless.”
He encourages focusing on relevant queries and tracking lower-level pages to understand a site’s performance better.
It’s not enough to churn out a high content volume; the content must serve a purpose and provide value to its intended audience.
However, Illyes suggests that creating high-quality content might be more straightforward than most people think.
The key is to focus on what will help people achieve their goals when they visit the page. This could mean providing comprehensive answers to common questions, solving problems, or sharing engaging and entertaining stories.
Illyes states:
“What if quality is actually simpler than most people think? What if it’s about writing the thing that will help people achieve whatever they need to achieve when they come to the page?”
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This discussion between Google’s Search Relations team emphasizes two key takeaways.
First, mastering the basics of technical SEO is essential before delving into advanced tactics. Second, the quality of content and user engagement are more important than mere traffic numbers for evaluating a site’s success.
They advised that websites can significantly improve SEO performance by focusing on these areas.
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An old SEO scam has a new AI-generated face – Engadget
Over the years, Engadget has been the target of a common SEO scam, wherein someone claims ownership of an image and demands a link back to a particular website. A lot of other websites would tell you the same thing, but now the scammers are making their fake DMCA takedown notices and threats of legal action look more legit with the help of easily accessible AI tools.
According to a report by 404Media, the publisher of the website Tedium received a "copyright infringement notice" via email from a law firm called Commonwealth Legal last week. Like older, similar attempts at duping the recipient, the sender said they're reaching out "in relation to an image" connected to their client. In this case, the sender demanded the addition of a "visible and clickable link" to a website called "tech4gods" underneath the photo that was allegedly stolen.
Since Tedium actually used a photo from a royalty-free provider, the publisher looked into the demand, found the law firm's website, and upon closer inspection, realized that the images of its lawyers were generated by AI. As 404Media notes, the images of the lawyers had vacant looks in the eyes that's commonly seen in photos created by AI tools. If you do a reverse image search on them, you'll get results from a website with the URL generated.photos, which uses artificial intelligence to make "unique, worry-free model photos… from scratch." The publisher also found that the law firm's listed address that's supposed to be on the fourth floor of a building points to a one-floor structure on Google Street View. The owner of tech4gods said he had nothing to do with the scam but admitted that he used to buy backlinks for his website.
This is but one example of how bad actors can use AI tools to fool and scam people, and we have to be more vigilant as instances like this will just likely keep on growing. Reverse image search engines are your friend, but they may not be infallible and may not always help. Deepfakes, for instance, have become a big problem in recent years, as bad actors continue to use them to create convincing videos and audio not just to scam people, but also to spread misinformation online.
The Harris/Walz campaign has its own map in Fortnite called Freedom Town, USA.
Bart and Homer will square off on December 9 for a special Simpsons Funday Football game on Disney+ and ESPN+.
X says it has “re-architected” the scoring system that powers Community Notes so that the user-generated fact checks can now appear less than 20 minutes after a post is published on its platform.
Game studio Enhance is celebrating its tenth anniversary and marking the occasion with two limited run box sets that showcase the art and audio of its creative titles.
ProtonVPN is on sale for 70 percent off 24-month subscriptions ($71.76) and 50 percent off 12-month plans ($59.88). This averages $3 monthly for two years and $5 monthly for the single-year option.
Sony has officially killed off Concord and is shuttering the studio behind the game.
Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant Rufus launches throughout Europe. It’s still in beta, though should roll out to most users within the next few weeks.
Netflix’s upcoming series Senna spotlights the F1 driver’s journey from São Paulo, Brazil, to international stardom and 41-time Grands Prix winner. Watch the trailer a month before the debut.
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition heads to Switch on March 20. The remake will feature “enhanced visuals, added story elements and more.”
Polestar EV owners now have access to the Tesla Supercharger network in the US and Canada. Future Polestar vehicles will adopt the NACS inlet, while current owners can buy an adapter today.
Xbox feature beta testers can now experience a redesigned home page that unites the Game Pass and Microsoft Store experiences.
The Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are $100 off right now. That brings the price down to $300.
Lucid's electric Gravity SUV is set to enter production alter this year. The company has revealed pricing and pre-order details.
The Google TV Streamer is a great device, combining speed, an excellent UI and useful smart home control, though a couple of missing features keep it from perfection.
Similar lawsuits have popped up in the US.
NASA just published a new picture of the Phantom Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. This new image uses data from two instruments.
Apple introduces the M4 Pro chip, which is available with the new Mac Mini. The SoC also brings Thunderbolt 5 support to the company’s computers.
Apple's new Mac Mini is incredibly small and comes with M4 chips.
Apple's suite of hearing health tools are now available. Here's what it's like to use them.
The Biden administration has been more aggressive than almost any in recent American history in its antitrust efforts. In the tech sector alone, it has ongoing cases against Apple, Meta, Google and Amazon, not to mention its battles with Ticketmaster, Microsoft, Kroger, CVS, Visa, Penguin Random House and more.
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