I tried 7 store-bought coffee-flavored ice creams, and my favorite was the cheapest

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A super PAC for presidential hopeful Dean Phillips created a ChatGPT-powered bot to mimic him.</li><li>OpenAI banned the developer's account, per WaPo, for violating rules about using ChatGPT for politics.</li></ul>Late Friday night, OpenAI suspended a developer who had created Dean.Bot — a ChatGPT-powered chatbot intended to support Minnesota Rep. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dean-phillips-democratic-presidential-nomination-joe-biden-congress-2023-11">Dean Phillips</a>' 2024 presidential campaign — for violating new rules preventing lobbyists and candidates from using ChatGPT for politics, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/20/openai-dean-phillips-ban-chatgpt/">The Washington Post</a> reported.Dean.Bot conversed with constituents in real time while mimicking the long shot Democratic challenger for president, using an AI-generated version of Phillips' voice to respond to user questions, like why Democrats shouldn't be throwing their weight behind incumbent President Joe Biden in the 2024 election."While I respect President Biden, the data and conversations with Americans across the country indicates a strong desire for change," WaPo reported Dean.Bot responded in an AI-generated voice that sounded like Phillips' but had an unusual cadence.Phillips' background is in business. He ran his family's distilling company between 2000 and 2012 before pivoting to run Talenti, the popular gelato company he'd invested in until it was sold in 2014. He has represented Minnesota since 2019 and launched his campaign to challenge Biden in October last year. However, his polling numbers haven't indicated he'd be a significant threat to Biden.The creation of Dean.Bot was funded by the Super PAC We Deserve Better, WaPo reported. The PAC then partnered with AI developer Delphi to build the bot. Delphi's account was suspended for violating the political rules late Friday, just a day after WaPo wrote about the creation of Dean.Bot.OpenAI earlier this month announced <a target="_blank" href="https://openai.com/blog/how-openai-is-approaching-2024-worldwide-elections">new rules</a> preventing developers from building applications using its ChatGPT software intended for political campaigning or lobbying, saying the platform is "still working to understand how effective our tools might be for personalized persuasion."Representatives for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-usage-policy-chatgpt-military-purposes-2024-1">OpenAI</a> and Phillips' 2024 presidential campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.Despite OpenAI's new rules, Dean.Bot won't be the last AI creation we see this election season.<a target="_blank" href="https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4309795-tech-companies-craft-ai-election-rules-government-regulation/">The Hill</a> reported Google and Meta have crafted policies requiring politicians and lobbyists to label content created by generative AI in campaign-related materials in response to a surge of AI-created content, including <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/what-is-deepfake">deepfakes</a> and misleading audio.The outlet reported that several lawmakers, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Sen. Susan Collins, have also introduced congressional proposals to address AI use in advertisements.But viewers will need to keep their eyes peeled for AI-generated content this election season until those measures pass — if they pass at all.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Six Italian lawmakers have proposed a draft bill that would protect "artisanal <keyword id="7088" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Gelato">gelato</keyword>."</li><li>If passed into law, it would ban gelato sellers from using artificial ingredients in the <keyword id="31573" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="dessert">dessert</keyword>. </li><li>It would also ban the reportedly common tactic of injecting gelato with air to make it fluffier.</li></ul>As the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/european-union-to-allow-vaccinated-us-tourists-this-summer-nyt-2021-4">European Union plans to reopen to tourists who are fully vaccinated</a> against the coronavirus, <a href="https://www.insider.com/italians-share-tourist-free-destinations-to-visit-in-italy-2020-7">Italy's cities and towns</a> - and gelato shops - could be popular destinations.But <a href="https://www.insider.com/gelato-university-italy-2017-11">gelato</a> could be getting a slight makeover, as a group of Italian lawmakers has proposed a bill that aims to preserve the art of the country's iconic dessert.The bill, which was created by six senators from <keyword id="21474" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Italy">Italy</keyword>'s center-left Democratic and Italia Viva political parties, would make it illegal for Italian gelato sellers to use ingredients other than "milk and its derivatives," eggs, and fresh fruit, according to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/18/italy-considers-law-freeze-rogue-gelato-producers/">The Telegraph</a>.Gelato-makers who produce desserts with artificial colors, flavors, or hydrogenated fats would not be allowed to label their products as "artisanal," according to The Telegraph. Sellers who don't comply could be faced with a fine of up to about $12,000 (€10,000).<div type="image" title="A person holds a cone of gelato over blue water in Italy" height="2663" width="3551" msid="82489061" hostid="261"></div>The bill would also ban gelato sellers from injecting the dessert with air - a tactic that supposedly makes the frozen treat have a lighter, fluffier texture.A report from the Italian newspaper <a href="https://www.ilmessaggero.it/alimentazione/gelati_gonfiati_aria_guerra_ultime_notizie_news-5904297.html">Il Messaggero</a> states that artisanal gelato contains between 20 to 30% air, which comes from mixing ingredients. Industrial-made gelato can contain up to 80%, which is often added to the gelato in the form of compressed air, according to Il Messaggero.The bill, which is under consideration by the senate, would limit the amount of air in artisanal gelato to 30%, according to The Telegraph.Italian Senator Riccardo Nencini, one of the lawmakers who drafted the bill, told Italian media that the country's law does not currently protect "artisan gelato culture or its producers," according to <a href="https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/italy-consider-making-air-pumped-gelato-illegal-under-new-law?utm_content=165756053&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;hss_channel=tw-14270583=tw-14270583">Italy Magazine</a>. "Italian gelato, like pizza and pasta, is one of the gastronomic symbols of our country, it is a high-quality product, an identity card of Italy in the world," Necini said.The sweet <keyword id="6181" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Food">food</keyword> item reportedly originated in Italy centuries ago. According to the <a href="https://www.iwfs.org/americas/wine-food---friends-1/articles/a-delicious-history----gelato-past-to-present">International Wine &amp; Food Society</a>, family members of the Florentine Medici dynasty were supposedly one of the first to serve frozen desserts during banquets in the 1500s.In the late 1500s, the Medicis hired an artist named Bernardo Buontalenti - who is considered the creator of gelato - to craft a special dessert for the King of Spain's visit. (Part of his Buontalenti's surname inspired <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/id/100650587">Talenti, the modern gelato brand that's available in stores</a>.)It wasn't until the 17th century that gelato became popular when Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, a restauranteur from Sicily, opened a café in Paris. He was said to be one of the first to develop an ice-cream machine and serve frozen desserts in porcelain cups, according to the International Wine &amp; Food Society.

Italian lawmakers consider a ban on fluffy gelato injected with air - and sellers could be fined up to $12,000

<ul><li><keyword id="9025059" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="abhik-choudhury">Abhik Choudhury</keyword>, Chief strategist &amp; founder, Salt and Paper Consulting writes how brands colors are now both category and audience agnostic. </li><li>He further shares a few reasons behind this paradigm shift. </li></ul> What do Volkswagen, Volvo, Tata, Ford and GM have in common? They all are reliable family cars with blue logos. How about KFC, McDonalds, Wendy’s, Pizza Hut and Burger King? They all are global fast food chains with either or both, red and yellow in their identities. And till about a decade ago, it was all fine and dandy till digital content clutter multiplied our brand exposure to a whopping 5000+ on an average day. And that meant the compelling need for acute differentiation over everything else. Let’s look at the topical industry of the year - EdTech. The whole industry came into being post digital burst. And in their identities, whilst catering to the same audiences their approach to <keyword id="9709248" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="brand-colors">brand colors</keyword> couldn’t have been more drastically contrasting. Byju, India’s second most valuable startup at $10Bn adorns a bright purple, something which experts used to put in the segment of richness and royalty. Udemy with its coral shade usually seen in lifestyle brands has intentionally moved away from its launch color of grass green. Coursera on the other end of the spectrum is safely engulfed in the reliable blue (think sweet spot between the old and new Facebook color). And finally look at Khan Academy, a blend of sea green and ocean blue. I would argue brands colors are now both category and audience agnostic. And there are four reasons for this major paradigm shift. The Differentiation Paradox: Of course the trained mind might argue the above example is just an anomaly so let’s go back to the automobile category we opened our discussion with to see this point through. In the last decade, the new electric car segment is slowly overpowering old heavyweights. What’s interesting though is as much as these shiny, new kids stand for the same brand promise of blending sleek style, sustainability and automation, their colors try to intentionally stay as apart as possible. Leading the pack Tesla shines in its signature passion red, Faraday Future graces the color of powerplay jet black, Fisker has famously named its brand colors California sunset (orange) and Pacific ocean (blue), the Chinese born Byton decks a more luxurious grey and the adventure friendly Rivian chose orangish yellow. Superdry’s orange boasts of its fun and bold collection, Zara’s black promotes the high street range inspired by luxury fashion weeks. And why not, as the concept of brand colors needed to be synonymous with the “brand experience”. Now though, the audience is aware enough to know that just because Grab taxis are green, they don’t only move with an oil free, electric fleet. Honestly, as long as the story behind your choice of brand color is believable you can paint the canvas with whatever you wish for. Breaking the traditional need for popping colors, Unilever’s new age Talenti Gelato comes in a pure transparent identity to just focus on the product and cut the clutter in the ice cream shelf simultaneously. Ola, India’s answer to Uber uses an exclusive pear color something eponymous with sporty, not exactly a massy cab service using Wagon R &amp; Swift Dzire cars. But does it work? Quite brilliantly actually, the point of differentiation is well made and well reaped. The Niche Maze Before the digital era, market penetration used to be mostly about what the masses demanded. And honestly rightfully so, for neither there was internet to measure the size of niche interests nor a way to get them delivered online to spurt segments scattered all over. And what it has resulted in is making colors more unisex, boldly unique and universally acceptable. Lyft’s Magenta and Dunzo’s Mint Green paves way for many more to come in the coming decade. Let’s try to understand the repercussions of not having niche colors. In the Indian media ecosystem look at the known brands Zee News, NDTV, ABP News, Republic, Aaj Tak, BBC Hindi, The Wire and Firspost ALL have red in their logos. Let’s forget for a second if all these brands have similar personalities, experience or values of the color red. Let’s rather say in 2021 you want to start a media corporation catering to millennials. Don’t you think a berry blue or sunshine yellow will give you a niche identity distinctively apart from all your industry peers and make the consumer immediately associate you with the color no matter on which medium it is used? Reliance Jio certainly would have considered it while starting to slowly move towards Persian blue from its bright red similar to core competitors Airtel and Vodafone. So would have AirBnB while choosing a coral shade over their old blue similar to Booking’s identity. <div type="image" title="Color Logos Case" msid="77389917" hostid="261"></div> Content Overload: One of the most profitable industries inarguably today is the smartphone hub with over 1.5Bn average annual unit sales and still a long way in penetrating the global population. No matter where you are from, you can’t deflect from its plethora of content across platforms. Oppo and Vivo with their selfie camera positioning had planned a budget of INR 2200 crores for the Indian market to dwarf Samsung at its own game. Xiaomi, who finally did overthrow Samsung poured INR 3500 crores last year aiming at an even more aggressive advertising strategy. All pointing towards an inevitable content war subtly numbing the audiences to all headlines and creatives. And hence you see Xiaomi goes with a blazing orange, Oppo graces forest green, One Plus Christmas red, Google Pixel a more humbling grey to Apple’s black while Vivo goes for sailor blue. We aren’t talking about one off anomalies that used to happen in every category like Ferrari’s legendary lemon yellow backdrop whilst Audi, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Jaguar &amp; Lexus all go with the same kind of logo in metallic elements on their cars. These smartphone examples are of all category leaders and none come close to the other’s color no matter how close their audience, personality and brand experience might be. Now one of the major brand identity tests is to create a fictional character with a rich personality to match with your corporation’s values, vision and heart. The catch is, it only works if your audience feels that metaphor coming alive too. Otherwise as you will agree, every horse breeder can sell a Unicorn. And with all due respect the 2020s audiences have evolved from all color tones (and it’s kind of fair if not lovely). Now they are more interested and invested in what you actually do both with your offering and beyond it for the overall society. They know how to filter the frills from the flowers. Typography before color: The formula is minimal typography for maximum impact. Uber tweaked its logo element to a bolder no nonsense font of its name. Indian food delivery pioneers have removed their famous spoon and now just have Zomato written in a thicker and slightly curved style. The legendary Absolut Vodka which had a designer cursive line - ‘Country of Sweden’ in the logo itself has switched to just a navy blue Absolut enjoying the solitude. Visa has removed the card element last decade and even fired the fiery yellow edge to allow blue to engulf all of its typography on this one. Dominos have hit puberty late but by making the name come out of the inclined box they now demand complete attention. IHop, Dunkin... the list honestly keeps going on but the verdict is clear. Clarity of your name in the logo, something that can be read in a nanosecond during a digital post or banner is what works today. And when pure simplicity takes absolute precedent, intricate elements, three tone color schemes and parallel mascots take a backseat. Bold is the new black and clarity is the new color. Millennials demand this world to stop seeing colors, at least without any preconceived prejudices. And if anything the creative industry should be elated with this transformation, one less box to fit into. Let the old labels make way for legacy. If only the world would start having bold brands who can make shirts for men and call it pink. Oh wait, we already do - Pink Shirtmaker, London owned by the Louis Vuitton group. By Abhik Choudhury, Chief strategist &amp; founder, Salt and Paper Consulting. He is also a visiting faculty of Market Research and Campaign Planning at <keyword id="9497386" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-indian-institute-of-mass-communication">the Indian Institute of Mass Communication</keyword>, New Delhi. You can reach him at abhik@saltandpaper.co.

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