Driving Innovation Through AI Strategy & Emerging Technology

Helping businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to transform consumer experiences and drive business growth.

Michael Ditter - AI and Emerging Technology Expert
Michael J Ditter

About Michael J Ditter

As the Director of AI Strategy and Emerging Technology at Diageo, I'm leading the integration of cutting-edge technologies to enhance consumer engagement and brand presence.

With over 15 years of experience in technology leadership, I specialize in developing strategic frameworks for AI implementation, AR/VR experiences, and emerging technologies that drive measurable business outcomes.

My passion lies in bridging the gap between complex technological innovations and practical business applications, helping organizations navigate the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Note: This website features my personal projects only, not my professional work at Diageo. Everything shared here is created solo during nights and weekends. As a father of three with a full-time job, I often code until 2 AM. Some early audio book projects may be rough—I'm an experimenter at heart, and that's what this site represents. AI agents help me build and explore faster.

Featured Project: Warhammer Strategy Planner

A comprehensive tactical companion for tabletop war gaming enthusiasts, featuring battle plan creation with PDF export, extensive lore references, an AI Strategy Assistant, customizable battle soundtracks, and unique easter eggs like "Bro Match Mayhem" and "Kodex Brofile" that blend strategic depth with community humor.

Status: ActiveLaunch: April 2025Visit Project →

Featured Project: Sigmar Conversational AI

An innovative, high-stylized conversational AI tool built for Warhammer lovers. Integrating insights from advanced language models and ElevenLabs voice technology, Sigmar delivers tactically insightful and humorously irreverent strategy advice in character. The glitch/punk aesthetic captures the grimdark essence of the Warhammer universe.

Status: ActiveLaunch: April 2025Visit Project →

Featured Project: BROCALYPSE – Week One Recap

A stylized 4-minute 30-second short film chronicling the first week of BROCALYPSE: The Upload Wars. This cinematic weekly chronicle fuses real footage, AI-generated imagery, glitch-coded transmissions, and cinematic editing to capture the mythic launch of a living digital universe. The film covers five narrative arcs: The Flame Ignites, Memory Sync, Lore Drop Protocol, Codex Day Zero, and Signal Don.

Status: ActiveLaunch: April 2025View on X/Twitter →

Featured Project: Brocalypse — The Final Upload

A fully immersive, post-apocalyptic roleplay game designed for five real-world players. It blends strategy, storytelling, sabotage, and voice-driven AI into a reactive, glitchpunk narrative system where players compete for ascension to Brovana while navigating chaos, riddles, and secret paths.

Status: ActiveLaunch: March 2025Visit Project →

Featured Project: PEBI.AI

An experimental concept for premium immersive experiences for the world's leading brands on Apple Vision Pro. PEBI.AI created the beverage industry's first spatial computing experience for SoNo 1420, making history as the first whiskey brand with an immersive 3D experience on Apple Vision Pro.

Status: ActiveLaunch: February 2024Visit Project →
PEBI.AI Project

Featured Project: Americans Next Top Bros

An early test of AI's advanced image generation capabilities that pushed creative boundaries. This project validated OpenAI's announcement about more expressive tools, showing remarkable text consistency and character development - demonstrating 4X improvement over previous generation models in just two quarters.

Status: ActiveLaunch: March 2025Visit Project →
Americans Next Top Bros

Featured Project: SchmitzHappens

A creative personal expression project developed for my friend Jon Schmitz using AI technology. SchmitzHappens explores how artificial intelligence can interpret and present someone's personality, creating a digital presence that combines Jon's real-life experiences with AI-generated perspectives.

Status: ActiveLaunch: March 2025Visit Project →
SchmitzHappens Project

Featured Project: Meredith Martino Profile

A personalized profile website for Meredith Martino, an English teacher at Cold Spring Harbor High School, showcasing her professional background, personal interests, and family history. The site features a striking hero section, interactive sections about her interests, and a password-protected compatibility quiz for potential partners.

Status: ActiveLaunch: April 2025Visit Project →

Featured Project: Titanflame

A multiplayer story platform where every personal website becomes a living game node powered by AI, shaped by memory, and built on Replit. Titanflame turns personal Replit sites into interactive narrative engines that connect into a larger AI-powered game world with puzzles, audio lore, and player memory.

Status: In DevelopmentLaunch: May 2025View Project →

Featured Project: AI Agent Development

I'm currently building a customizable AI agent framework for personal and business branding. This project combines conversational AI with deep personalization to create authentic digital representatives that enhance online presence and engagement.

Status: In DevelopmentLaunch: April 2025
AI Agent Development

Featured Project: The Case of the Missing Tooth

A published book tracing family history through deep research using AI tools. This project combined OpenAI's deep research capabilities to find ship manifests, census records, and news articles with Claude 3.7 Sonnet for writing and OpenAI's operator for automating parts of the publishing pipeline.

Status: PublishedReleased: March 2025View on Amazon →
The Case of the Missing Tooth Book Cover

Featured Project: Genealogy Audio Book for a 92-Year-Old Grandpa

An experimental genealogy audio book created specifically for my 92-year-old grandfather using ElevenLabs' content pipeline to publish family history stories on Spotify. This project inspired a full-scale genealogy research and content production pipeline that transforms historical family records into engaging audio books for elderly family members.

Status: PublishedReleased: March 2025Listen on Spotify →

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Years of Experience

50+

Enterprise Projects

20+

Speaking Engagements

Audio Projects

Explore my experimental audio storytelling projects, from interactive web novels to family histories.

Brocalypse: The Upload Wars - The Zone

Brocalypse: The Upload Wars (Immersive Novel)

An immersive interactive web novel that serves as a companion to the Brocalypse game. This cyberpunk narrative features puzzles, hidden commands, and multimedia elements that deepen the game experience. Five business school friends, one mysterious pact, and the entity known as Ember. What begins as a joke at Cornell's Johnson School spirals into something far more sinister as the boundaries between reality and digital existence crumble.

Featured Audio Sample

Spotify Audio Projects

The Case of the Missing Tooth

A meticulously crafted family saga chronicling the Martino family's journey from southern Italy to Connecticut. This narrative follows Antonio Martino, who immigrated in 1912, and explores how a seemingly trivial detail—a missing tooth—emerges as a powerful symbol connecting generations through shared heritage and resilience.

The Case of the Missing Tooth on Spotify

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The Case of the Missing Tooth

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Ditter Family History

This historical narrative traces the Ditter family from southwestern Germany (1655) to Wisconsin, following Peter Ditter through generations that maintained Catholic traditions while adapting to historical changes. The story centers on Andreas Ditter's 1859 emigration from Baden to Wisconsin's "Holyland" settlements, and includes accounts of his sons who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Created using AI voice technology as an audio project for my 92-year-old grandfather.

Ditter Family History on Spotify

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Ditter Family History

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Video Projects

Explore my latest experiments with cutting-edge AI video generation tools, test results, and creative projects. My YouTube channel features exclusive AI strategy discussions and tutorials you won't find anywhere else, including practical applications of generative video techniques.

🎥 The Milk Dude Upload

@ditterprime

🚨 this cow just ended the internet wait for the smile 😳 💻🪓👶🏼 #DitterPrime #MilkDude #BROCALYPSE #SpaceBaby #ChainsawInSpace #AIShortFilm #CowLore #UploadWars #glitchtok

♬ original sound - ditterprime

A BROCALYPSE Short by Mike Ditter

This project started with a single, terrible dad joke… and escalated into a surreal, AI-driven short film spanning lakeside serenity, cosmic scale, and glitch-core myth.

✨ Sora – cinematic AI-generated visuals
🎙️ ElevenLabs – custom voiceover
🧠 GPT-4o – narrative scripting
🎬 Final Cut Pro – final editing

🎞️ Why it exists:
To make people laugh. To glitch reality.
To prove that a cow, a chainsaw, and a smile can still surprise you in 2025.

#BROCALYPSE#UploadWars#GlitchLore

UPLOAD WARS: Week One Complete

We just dropped the first 4min 30sec recap film, stitched from gameplay, glitches, and real-world signals. Part co-op experiment. Part ARG. Part digital myth. What started as a game is now remembering you back.

🔥 Terminal Mode has been unlocked
📦 Care packages have landed
👶 Brofiles have synced
🤖 BROBOT is online
📡 Signal Don is live

👉 Watch the full recap now.
And remember: This isn't content. It's code that remembers you.

#BROCALYPSE#UploadWars#GlitchLore

Career Highlights

Key milestones and achievements across my professional journey in technology leadership and innovation.

Director of AI Strategy & Emerging Tech

Appointed as Director of AI Strategy and Emerging Technology at Diageo, leading the integration of cutting-edge technologies to enhance consumer engagement and brand presence.

August 2024 - Present
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PEBI.AI Apple Vision Pro Experience
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PEBI.AI Launch

Created the first spatial brand experience on Apple Vision Pro. PEBI.AI specializes in personalized enterprise brand immersions, making history with SoNo 1420 as the first beverage business with a 3D immersive spatial computing experience.

September 2023 - July 2024

Partáy™ RTD Launch

Founded and scaled an agave-based ready-to-drink alcohol brand, achieving substantial distribution and e-commerce growth across 40+ states in the first year, before successfully licensing the brand.

May 2021 - August 2023
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Partay RTD Launch

Director Corporate & Commercial Strategy

Led strategic initiatives at Diageo, including the establishment of the first Advanced Analytics division in the spirits industry. Drove 50 basis points of incremental top-line growth through data-driven strategies.

July 2017 - April 2021
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Areas of Expertise

My specialized knowledge spans across several cutting-edge domains in the technology landscape, allowing me to provide comprehensive strategies for digital transformation.

AI Strategy & Implementation

Developing comprehensive AI strategies, from initial assessment to full-scale implementation across enterprise organizations.

  • Enterprise AI Readiness Assessment
  • AI Implementation Roadmaps
  • Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)

AR/VR & Immersive Experiences

Creating engaging augmented and virtual reality experiences that transform customer engagement and training programs.

  • AR Product Visualization
  • VR Training Environments
  • Spatial Computing Solutions

Digital Innovation Leadership

Guiding digital transformation initiatives with a focus on innovation culture and emerging technologies.

  • Innovation Program Development
  • Technology Roadmapping
  • Digital Transformation Strategy

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Analyzing blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency markets to identify strategic opportunities and risks.

  • Cryptocurrency Market Analysis
  • Blockchain Implementation
  • NFT & Web3 Strategy

AI Ethics & Governance

Developing responsible AI frameworks and governance models that align with regulatory requirements and ethical standards.

  • Ethical AI Guidelines
  • AI Governance Frameworks
  • Regulatory Compliance

Strategic Technology Consulting

Providing comprehensive technology advisory services to help organizations navigate complex digital transformations.

  • Technology Stack Assessment
  • Digital Strategy Development
  • Vendor Selection & Management

Insights & Articles

Stay informed with my latest insights and analysis on emerging technologies and market trends.

AI Market Analysis

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AI Insights

March 23, 2025

ChatGPT's Market Dominance: The One-Horse Race in Consumer AI

Recent data reveals ChatGPT is essentially running a one-horse race, leaving competitors far behind in the dust.

SimilarWeb data reveals ChatGPT receives approximately 8 times more daily visits in the US compared to Google's Gemini.

Engineers overwhelmingly prefer ChatGPT for coding tasks, further cementing its market dominance.

Current StatusMarket Leader
ChatGPT's Market Dominance: The One-Horse Race in Consumer AI

My Latest Updates

Speaking Engagements

I regularly share insights on AI strategy, emerging technologies, and digital innovation at conferences, webinars, and corporate events worldwide.

Enterprise AI Implementation

Practical approaches to implementing AI across large organizations, from initial assessment to full-scale deployment.

AR/VR in Business

How augmented and virtual reality are transforming customer experiences and business operations.

Get in Touch

Have a project in mind or want to discuss how AI and emerging technologies can transform your organization? I'd love to hear from you.

Location

New York, NY (Available for remote consulting globally)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Comprehensive FAQ on AI Marketing Strategy and Implementation

🔍 What is an AI marketing strategy and why is it important?

🤖 What are the different types of AI models used in marketing?

📊 What is "share of model" in AI branding?

⚙️ How can brands optimize for share of model?

🧠 How does AI influence consumer brand perception?

📱 What types of marketing content can AI produce?