https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-ice-shooting-renee-good/685571 It was the new recruit’s first “event”. The new recruit wasn’t surprised they were caught up in an “event”. The situation was volatile and The Company’s teams were on the frontline. The new recruit was also expecting the request. Teams paired new officers with experienced ones and they had their methods. So when the … [Read more…]
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/iran_russia_ukraine_internet_outages/ He’d shut down the networks of course. His agents and Agents were on the streets and in the streams, “policing” the movements. They were listening, watching and “engaging” with the protesters’ stories. His advisors were encouraging him to shut down the protestors’ Agents as well. They were not networked of course but The Leader … [Read more…]
https://www.adweek.com/agencies/havas-will-use-ai-to-redefine-what-agency-work-is-worth/ Her colleagues sometimes joked that one day there wouldn’t be a human in the room. But there still was. She didn’t like real meetings, she’d rather send her Agent but the Company made a point of having “blood in the room”. Clients liked it. It made them think they could use human power, get … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/crisis-culture-and-costs-the-new-reality-of-the-modern-cmo He struggled for an analogy. He was like the brand’s parent: raising it. Maybe he was its guard: protecting it. Maybe the brand was like a novel with him as the narrator? He played with these thoughts as he sat down to work. He was human. At least that was clear… for now. He … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nvidia-announces-dlss-45-at-ces-2026-053000128.html Humans still went to the show. They didn’t need to of course. Their Agents were doing the research and deals behind the scenes. But it was a few days away and, since the show was back in the real world now, a chance to travel irl. At the bar, late at night some would … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/the-stranger-things-brothers-keep-explaining-why-things-ended-like-that-2000705129 She was not happy. It wasn’t right. The series had been part of her life for years. She watched the passives of course, she’d played the immersives, owned the avatars… all of it. She’s been a fan. She’d grown up with the show. And so that ending was wrong, simply wrong. The streams were … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/california-introduces-a-one-stop-shop-to-delete-your-online-data-footprint-173102064.html Not everyone did it of course. Some were scared too, some were ideologically opposed to the whole idea, some still believed that one day their number would come up and they’d get that over in a lifetime deal or offer. Some simply didn’t care. For those who chose to do it, it was a … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/home/kitchen-tech/ges-new-smart-refrigerator-automates-grocery-shopping-with-a-barcode-scanner-and-instacart-194326610.html There were other reset days during the year: ones prompted by his employer’s People Agent, ones from his doctor or his insurance company, wherever his data showed the need for a “Resolution”. But he liked the New Year resolution. It felt like a tradition. He remembered his dad joking about his gym membership. He … [Read more…]
https://digiday.com/marketing/theres-no-room-for-purists-generative-ai-is-altering-the-agency-junior-talent-search It was down to the last two teams. The final part of the interview was watching the teams work. The smart building’s sensors had been configured. The room was watching them. The differences between the teams soon became clear. Sam and their Agent worked seamlessly. They passed tasks backwards and forwards, playing to their … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/ef2d6887-ac75-4fe2-a85a-ba77ee3618c7 There had been one a day, every day for a year. 365 stories. Each one exactly 100 words long. Each written in one go on a phone. Each inspired by a news story. Some had been read by others, many not. Bottles cast out into the Stream and filed in The Studio. The writing … [Read more…]