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 about “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…]
https://thenextweb.com/news/military-vehicles-add-distance-mixed-reality-windshields It was wonderfully old-fashioned. A Double Decker bus tour. The bus was even red and had that platform at the back. So quaint. There was even a human conductor offering a live commentary in a pretty convincing cockney accent. The windows offered live translations. The family chose their seats and the windows booted up. … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/632830/microsoft-kathleen-hogan-strategy-chief-notepad No-one was surprised when she got the job. The book had closed days before when humans in the know as well as their Agents agreed she was a shoe-in. It wasn’t a bad choice. She knew her stuff. She was known around the business as “the Agent whisperer”. Her relationship with her Agent was … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/wearables/muses-new-wearable-eeg-knows-how-hard-youre-thinking-120041154.html You don’t have to wear one obviously. We’re not living in a dystopia! The company even produced a little animation making fun of the idea of compulsory brain scanning! I must admit I was unsure when I first joined and my Agent explained it to me. But one day when my stats were telling … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext/careless-people-meta-mark-zuckerberg/ They needed to ‘flood the zone’. They couldn’t stop the publication. Their legal Agents were caught in never-ending rounds of black box litigation with the publisher’s Agents. Agents could be slow. In the meantime the feeds were full of extracts. The stories were becoming part of the landscape. He liked to think of the … [Read more…]