By: Paul Armstrong

Paul Armstrong is Founder of emerging tech advisory, TBD Group, and its intelligence community, TBD+. An international speaker on AI, big tech, and disruptive innovation, Paul advises global organisations on strategy, risk, and the business impact of emerging technologies and platforms. A writer on technology for decades (Forbes, Reuters, The Information etc), he recently wrote 'Disruptive Technologies', and continues to run TBD Conference. Connect on LinkedIn. paul-armstrong.com members.tbdpl.us

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How AI is redefining luxury fashion

July 29, 2025

From digital Gucci fashion drops to AI stylists, luxury fashion has jumped on board the AI train, writes Paul Armstrong.
Universities have woken up to AI reality. Can businesses now keep up?

July 22, 2025

Universities are moving from degree machines to AI-savvy, entrepreneurial training grounds. Businesses must keep up, writes Paul Armstrong.
AI browsers are about to become your biggest problem

July 15, 2025

When AI agents – computer programs that use AI to do tasks and reach goals by themselves for a person or another system – become the default way people navigate the internet, the value chain will be rerouted, says Paul Armstrong very business that depends on digital reach is about to face a visibility crisis. [...]
Could Whatsapp become the West’s first superapp?

July 8, 2025

Could Whatsapp become the West's first superapp? Its recent integration of business services suggests it wants to be, writes Paul Armstrong.
Replacing graduates with AI will hurt businesses in the long run

July 1, 2025

Replacing graduate roles with AI does not build a smarter business, it builds a shallow one, writes Paul Armstrong.
Cannes Lions: Ad agencies are subsidising their own AI displacement

June 24, 2025

It may have been all smiles at Cannes, but behind closed doors the future of AI poses a huge threat to ad agencies, writes Paul Armstrong.
Liquid Glass launch shows Apple is cautious on AI

June 17, 2025

Apple's headline 'liquid glass' announcement at WWDC shows the tech company is deliberately cautious on AI, writes Paul Armstrong.
London SXSW in review: Where was the vibe?

June 10, 2025

A lot to love, but a lot to improve. Was the first year of London SXSW a success? Paul Armstrong gives his verdict.
Google is getting AI wrong

June 3, 2025

Google’s AI strategy, though technically impressive, lacks the cohesive vision, enterprise-grade stability, and governance needed to earn long-term trust from businesses navigating the AI era, says Paul Armstrong Google’s I/O 2025 event was a spectacle of AI announcements, unveiling more than 100 updates across its product ecosystem. From the introduction of Veo 3, a generative [...]
The death of deep thinking: What generative AI is doing to your future team

May 27, 2025

AI is reshaping education at a structural level, but the implications are beginning to show beyond lecture halls. Tools like ChatGPT become embedded in academic routines, students are increasingly outsourcing the work of ideation, synthesis and long-form writing to machines. What used to be learned slowly, through the hard graft of writing and revising, is [...]

Union bosses call for another workers’ rights push amid Labour turmoil

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How South Wales became one of the UK’s most exciting food destinations

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