Month: March 2025

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/28/1114001/the-first-trial-of-generative-ai-therapy-shows-it-might-help-with-depression/ They knew they needed help. They were still talking, still together, still happy to a certain extent but they needed… something. They knew when it had started. That was obvious. Something like that would knock any couple off balance a little. They’d talked about it, about moving forward but there reached a stage where … [Read more…]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase/ If he still worked in a building he would have been heading down to the basement with a torch. No one went down there! the bowels of the building, he thought. But when something went wrong, someone had to go down there and find the problem. Tip toe through the piles of long forgotten … [Read more…]

https://gizmodo.com/madison-square-garden-bans-fan-after-surveillance-system-ids-him-as-a-critic-of-its-ceo-2000582132 The mall was open 24 hrs of course but, as had always been the case, there was a rhythm to the day. The systems that ran and staffed the Mall might not have a life but the human customers still slept and some even had fixed work hours. She liked the early evening. She … [Read more…]

https://thenextweb.com/news/pinepeak-wildfire-simulator-predicts-fire-risks The Sim Room has a lock on it. Someone had wanted a Palm recognition panel like in The West Wing but Security had settled on a simple face rec for the humans and a code footprint once for the Agents. The room itself has a sort of WW2 map room vibe: a giant table … [Read more…]

https://www.theverge.com/news/636414/krisp-ai-accent-converter He’s obsessed with it. We need to get him focused on the message not the delivery. We can’t get him to discuss what we’re saying. He’s too busy tinkering. You have to talk to him, get him to see. It all started when we showed him how to get rid of those bags under … [Read more…]

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/google-unveils-a-next-gen-ai-reasoning-model/ It was hard keeping up. Stressful. In the interview he’d answered the question “why, us?” with a speech his careers Agent had prepared focusing on employee development, the opportunity to grow and learn, challenges… It had been true, well interview true. But he hadn’t realised the pace of change. He felt like he was … [Read more…]

https://www.ft.com/content/8e730692-fd9c-45b1-84dc-7ea16429c5c6 The University prided itself on its industry links. “Teaching partnerships” they called them. The businesses provided Briefs for the students, offered guest lectures and crits and worked with the course leaders on keeping the curriculum up-to-date. The partners were honest, there were few jobs they could offer. The era of placements and internships was … [Read more…]

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/analysis-microsofts-copilot-for-gaming-is-a-solution-looking-for-a-problem/ They’d been getting together since they were kids. The conversation had moved from homework to girls (and boys), on to jobs and now they even talked about mortgages. They’d moved from crisps and sweets through various drugs to now, non-alcoholic craft beers. The games too had changed, although various times when they’d gone retro … [Read more…]

https://www.ft.com/content/b21eaff7-7189-49a2-b791-209e8de98494 I’ve changed my dating Agent. I still want all the checks. I’m not stupid and if my Agent can do basic due diligence, fine. It’s caught a number of things that might not have ruined the date but would certainly have become an issue later on. I also like to know what my date … [Read more…]

https://www.engadget.com/ai/joint-studies-from-openai-and-mit-found-links-between-loneliness-and-chatgpt-use-193537421.html It’s not human. It’s not real. It’s an It. I’m not like those Agentics who give them names and personalities. I had a tamagotchi when I was a kid. I don’t need another one now. It’s a tool. Like my word processor. My boss makes me use it. My landlord and restaurants, airlines and … [Read more…]