https://www.ft.com/content/68abc2d4-5f13-43f2-a62d-a811da483bd4 They weren’t just given an Agent. They even had classes where they didn’t use one. The sponsors weren’t happy! The University wasn’t an institutional refuser or one of the remaining few fighting an arms race. No, The University trained its students to use Agents, to have “partners”, it demanded students use the sponsors’ technology: … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/1e93adc5-4186-4775-a289-d684865da2ce It was his alone time. He left the office with its incessant data flows and generative models, its hum of Agents “helping”. He couldn’t leave his Agent behind of course, he had work to do when he got home but maybe just for a few minutes. He found he could use the security settings … [Read more…]
https://spectrum.ieee.org/smart-city-personal-data-collection She was a shadow. She was a flâneur. She wandered; ever so quiet. She didn’t hide. The cameras and sensors fought running battles with the refusers: better cameras, algorithms, more sensors. She just wandered. The refusers joined the arms race, improving their silence suits or broadcasting more fog data. She didn’t wear anything special … [Read more…]
https://uk.themedialeader.com/ooh-ad-revenue-grows-in-q3 Children would occasionally just stand and stare, looking puzzled at the giant picture, reading and re-reading the joke. They’d try and get closer, let it fill their peripheral vision. It didn’t last long of course. They’d soon shake their head and turn away with their screens and headsets. Sitting in their driverlesses, their parents … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/justiguide-wants-to-use-ai-to-help-people-navigate-the-u-s-immigration-system/ They were searched when they landed. It didn’t take long. The people smugglers had demanded they leave most of their belongings on the beach. Bags took up paying spaces. They were too tired and scared to argue. They were met when they landed, although “met” sounds welcoming: they weren’t welcomed. They were rounded up … [Read more…]
https://uk.themedialeader.com/creating-the-right-pitch-environment-for-your-teams/ The pitch team was human. They’d tried a hybrid team. On a virtual pitch they’d even tried a fully Agent presentation, but the data showed even Agents responded better to human presenters. Of course that didn’t mean there were no Agents involved. They ran their models, prepared the decks, designed the clients’ visit, ran … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/aws-is-spending-50b-build-ai-infrastructure-for-the-us-government/ It was outside town but in many ways it defined the community. An anonymous, Kubrickesque giant slab. It was eerily smooth; no seams, no windows, seemingly no doors. There were no security guards patrolling the site but the message was clear: no trespassers. There were few jobs for the locals in the site itself. … [Read more…]
https://www.marketing-interactive.com/next-wave-of-creativity-what-s-in-store-for-2026 It used to be an art school. Its recruitment Agents spin the story of a nostalgic creative space: messy, full of debate, smelling of oils. Of course it wasn’t like that now. There were still experiments and strangeness but the building hummed with Agents joining the students’ networked arguments and brainstorms. He tried to … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/activists-are-using-fortnite-to-fight-back-against-ice/ It wasn’t a rehearsal. They knew that. They had practiced before; tried different scenarios; explored new attack and defense strategies; run the whole day with their own Agents. But that had been a simulation. This was real. Real enemies. Real battles. There was a tension in the room as the group sat down and … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/news/826338/teamgroup-t-create-expert-p35s-externa-ssd-self-destruct-button The meetings had been… spirited; there had been a frank exchange of views but they had been productive – or so the spokesagent had said. The room has been sealed, no personal Agents. The arbitrator Agent was the only artificial allowed. But there was now an agreed statement. Only the attendees and the Agent … [Read more…]