This week we feature articles from Kate Holterhoff, and Tim Bray.
Additional reading comes from Andrej Karpathy, Ethan Mollick, and Arun Arora, Ido Segev, & Sub Datta.
News comes from CLX Europe & ALLSIDES Media, Algolia, Adobe, and Deepgram.
Our next issue arrives July 9.
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Opinion / Analysis
Introducing the designer-first CMS
Kate Holterhoff explains the emergence of designer-first CMSs, discusses how other categories of CMSs have evolved, and provides a very useful description of today’s landscape. An excellent read for anyone in the market for a CMS. (11 min)
https://redmonk.com/kholterhoff/2025/06/03/introducing-the-designer-first-cms/
June 2025 C2PA news
Tim Bray has a positive update on the progress of the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA)…
“Things are happening in the C2PA world; here are a couple of useful steps forward, plus cheers and boos for Adobe. Plus a live working C2PA demo you can try out.” (6 min)
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/06/17/More-C2PA
More Reading
- Ethan Mollick’s popular and updated Using AI right now: A quick guide: Which AIs to use, and how to use them via One Useful Thing
- How CEOs can outcompete by building new B2C businesses via McKinsey
- Andrej Karpathy on Software 3.0: Software in the Age of AI (with full transcript) via Latent Space
Content technology news
CLX Europe launches creative content studio in Paris focused on 3D scanning technology
Generative AI, high-resolution 3D scanning, and creative expertise to create digital content production for luxury fashion brands and eCommerce players.
https://www.clxeurope.com ■ https://www.allsides.tech
Algolia introduces context-aware retrieval for agents
Algolia introduces context-aware retrieval for agents — The MCP server enables LLMs and autonomous agents to retrieve, reason with, and act on real-time business context from Algolia.
https://www.algolia.com/about/news/algolia-introduces-context-aware-retrieval-for-the-agentic-era
Adobe announces LLM Optimizer
LLM Optimizer enables businesses to monitor AI-driven traffic and benchmark brand visibility, with recommendations that can be quickly deployed across digital properties.
https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/06/adobe-llm-optimizer-empowers-businesses-drive-brand-visibility
Deepgram launches Voice Agent API
The Voice Agent API provides a single, unified API that integrates speech-to-text, LLM reasoning, and text-to-speech with built-in support for real-time conversational dynamics.
https://deepgram.com/learn/voice-agent-api-generally-available
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