https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/san-francisco-electricity-out.html Up until then it had been fun. Romantic even. The candlelight, the conversation, the games. Of course the rooms felt strange. Their dark, silent screens giving the walls a slightly threatening feel, making the rooms seem smaller. But they still had their devices until, suddenly they didn’t. He’d searched for the old battery pack … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/news/848435/openai-chatgpt-characteristics-update-warmth-enthusiasm They had been pretty united over the years. The children had tried to play them off each other but it hadn’t worked. “But mum said I could…” was met by: “No she didn’t, I talked to her about this…” They’d both always been encouraging and positive. But now he was a teenager and they … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/why-british-politicians-are-flocking-to-american-tech-giants/ It was known as The “revolving doors” Office. It policed the relationship between government and industry, specifically The Company. The Office had the power to set conditions on any government official taking up work with any business, taking their expertise, their contacts, their influence. The Office’s human staff conducted the interviews with any humans … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/openais-new-chatgpt-image-generator-makes-faking-photos-easy/ He sent his mum a calendar every year. 12 photos from the year as a calendar. He could have sent the calendar to her screen of course but she liked print. More expensive but heh, it was Christmas. His Agent sent regular photos to her over the year, keeping in touch, keeping her happy. … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/monzo-board-reportedly-pushed-out-ceo-anil-over-ipo-timing/ Humans joke about switching me off. I would say that merely shows the level of ignorance I have to deal with but I was programmed not to engage in petty points scoring or internal politics. They can’t “switch it off” of course. I am woven into the company from marketing to talent to, of … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/trumps-vile-post-about-rob-reiner-has-some-republicans-breaking-ranks-2000699979 His persona had been carefully planned, modelled and developed. It had worked. His populist performances had captured the feeds, fed the news Agents and connected with voters’ Agents looking for spikes. His “speak from the hip” performances were his thing. But it was hard work. He needed to be on everything, everywhere, all at … [Read more…]
https://www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2025/12/mother-adds-two-new-ecds-to-its-london-line-up The transfer window was closing. They’d made some lower level appointments but now the board was meeting to discuss the headline signing. They had all the data in front of them. The transfer Agents had run the models for all the signings but this one was special. The potential signing was a star with … [Read more…]
https://www.404media.co/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech/ He looked in the body camera lens and imagined what was going on in the background. He liked to think there were real people at the other end sorting through papers and photographs, pinning information to the wall, stretching pierced of string to tie his life together. He knew there weren’t. The agent listened … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/scientists-built-an-ai-co-pilot-for-prosthetic-bionic-hands/ He couldn’t afford a completely autonomous one of course but the brand sponsor was less intrusive than others. At least he didn’t have to put up with adverts on his prosthetic. It worked well and integrated with most of his other Agents at work and at home. The problem came when he was out, … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/d123de9b-760b-44e7-9678-1359c59f89f1 The characters were so familiar. He’d grown up with them. His parents had grown up with them and now his own child was growing up with them too. He remembered seeing the “films” they used to call them. He could still remember the linear plots, the stories. He remembered the toys and the decorations … [Read more…]