https://gizmodo.com/openai-rolls-out-chatgpts-ability-to-buy-stuff-for-you-2000665177 It was an important anniversary. They weren’t the sort of couple who made a fuss about dates. He’d never been in the doghouse for missing one in the past – before his Agent made such slips impossible. They’d been together a long time and such things were not important to them. All the more … [Read more…]
https://www.marketing-interactive.com/from-ai-to-aisles-how-shoppers-are-balancing-tech-and-touch-in-retail She wasn’t a luddite. She had her Agents, some of them did the shopping. They kept an eye on them fridge and the pantry as well as the streams; checking what she had and what she should have advertising to get influencers. And of course they saved her money. But today she was in … [Read more…]
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/ai_workslop_productivity/ The union rep was a human. She had Agent support of course but he was glad that a human could make his case to the Tribunal Agents. She was used to it. He wasn’t sure he wanted the job back. He was most concerned about the reference on his ID. He could already see … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/73f106e7-5174-4f38-93e9-6cd1448b1052 He said he wanted to turn the room into a gym. She said she wasn’t ready. He said he missed her too. She said she knew he did but it was too soon. He said they had an Agent and that could be anywhere. She said it wasn’t the same, her room, where the … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-pulse-openai-morning-briefing-2000663894 The alarm went off and eventually she got out of bed. Her Agent waited until she was dressed and making breakfast before starting its briefing. She could hear her partner’s Agent starting their briefing in the bathroom. The kids had their own “chat” running as they got their toast. She asked them to go … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/media/openai-chatgpt-ads-job-listing-marketing-platform/ She’d started the agency after she’d come back from maternity leave and realised that her existing employer was looking at her differently. It wasn’t that they weren’t accommodating. She was given extra Agent support but her career was stalled. That was a while ago now. Her own agency had taken off and now she … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-photos-conversational-editing-is-rolling-out-to-android-users-170057906.html She didn’t remember doing it. She remembered coming home and yes she was upset and angry, and yes she’d had a drink or two but she couldn’t remember the conversation. But she looked at the pictures and it was clear. He was gone from some photos and in some of them he was, er… … [Read more…]
https://meetthe85.substack.com/p/the-reality-advantage-series-max He remembered the early home visits. He’d travelled the country spending time in people’s houses, just talking, listening, seeing their real lives. During the Bubble he’d fought the idea that AI models could stimulate the real. He’d refused to compromise, convincing his clients through stories. Those had been good days. He settled onto the … [Read more…]
https://www.marketing-interactive.com/report-how-brands-can-put-the-social-back-into-social-media The team referred to the model as “it” despite the company giving it some carefully focus-grouped name. They knew it was a machine. Their job was to make it a better one, they pointed it in the direction of social feeds, streams, games, social experiences. They told it to watch humans talking, playing, arguing… … [Read more…]
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/when-ai-becomes-the-creative-director-amazon-vp-jay-richman-on-the-future-of-media-and-ads/ The Futurist store on the stage. His outfit and hairstyle had been carefully created according to the best data. He’d watched the T-shirt subtly change color as the latest trend came in. But he was human. A real voice, a prophet in a world of algorithmic models and passionless Agents running the future through … [Read more…]