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https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/zuckerberg-fall-out-new-ai-hire He thought of himself as a strong leader. It was his company after all. He’d started it, grown it. It was his personality that had made it what it was. The board knew how to deal with him. New hires quickly learned how to handle his moods. They learned… Read the rest

https://futurism.com/future-society/dorks-ai-celebrity-friends The secret to name-dropping was to remain cool. It worked best when you just let things slip into conversation. Let the rumours appear. Get the kudos. He’d never been noticed before but now people looked at him differently. He was cool, cutting edge. He got invites because of who… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest

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… Read the rest