https://thenextweb.com/news/founders-takes-on-ai-for-investing The contestants practiced their pitches off stage. Most had their Agents: hybrid entrepreneurs with their co-designed products. The humans would take the lead on the pitch. It made for a better stream, the algorithm showed. One contestant who claimed to be Agent-free: the novelty act. He even had file cards with his pitch on. … [Read more…]
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/02/1122871/therapists-using-chatgpt-secretly He sometimes tried to channel his inner Tony Soprano: vulnerability with attitude, he thought of it. He knew she understood. He sometimes thought she played along. That was the advantage of having a human. More expensive but worth it. He’d even paid for someone who guaranteed “human only”: no augmentation, no Agents. Just talk: … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/google-gemini-dubbed-high-risk-for-kids-and-teens-in-new-safety-assessment/ You could always get hold of one if you wanted. It would cost you but it was possible. Parents knew it, teachers knew it. Like the days when vapes had been banned, there was always a way. Unlike vapes, you didn’t have to hide them. No-one could see whether your Agent was “age appropriate” … [Read more…]
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/young-people-feel-nostalgia-for-an He was proudly… odd. “Retro” didn’t really cover it. He was a character. Appropriately enough, no-one knew how long he’d been there. He was timeless. Like the remaining heritage wing of the university building itself he was outside time. He walked across the quad like an NPC from a retro game. It was how … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/openai-reorganizes-research-team-behind-chatgpts-personality/ They call it the “Writers’ Room”. They don’t write in there of course, but the older humans like to think they are developing characters, creating scripts, stories. It’s a clean room. The only room in the building that issn’t “enabled” and probably the room with the most number of humans in. The company allows … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/3b091ea5-ffe8-4f70-9033-4a0106cc298c They’d tried an AI of course. The Chief Trust Agent had provided models, analyses and countless presentations that the other board Agents had integrated and amplified but “the trust problem” was stubbornly there, so the Chief Imagination Agent suggested a human. They still had board meetings. The remaining humans demanded it. She waited for … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/05e6e97e-26e7-4dab-b035-793c1a0f0ed8 She knew before she started. She’d been warned at the interview. She knew she’d have to work hard to make progress. Law firms were famous for demanding juniors give their lives to the firm. She knew she’d be overloaded, overworked, on call. She was prepared. She thought. She didn’t know the time. The sun … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/agencies/why-bbdos-andrew-robertson-believes-ai-will-unleash-true-creative-talent/ The transfer window had closed. The big names were on the move. The deals signed. Some of the names on the move were well known, mature talent with a long palmarès but there were surprises. Lower division talent snapped up cheap, given the chance to shine in the big league. Talent Agents had weighed … [Read more…]
https://www.marketing-interactive.com/samsung-highlights-tangible-benefits-of-ai-home-in-global-campaign The removal vans were on their way, silently self-driving up the usually empty motorways. They could have had auto-unload but they saved money by having humans meet the vans and move the stuff into the house. There was something nicely old-fashioned about having “shifters”. The vans would monitor them. They just had to switch … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/wpps-new-boss-cindy-rose-starts-today-heres-what-will-be-on-her-to-do-list He wondered whether they switched it on. Was there a ceremony like turning on the Blackpool lights? A big red button and it whirs into life. Does it actually whir? These were the sort of things he thought as he waited with the other humans and Agents at the all hands (and no hands, … [Read more…]