https://www.marketing-interactive.com/how-brands-can-win-hearts-and-carts-through-discovery They had very different attitudes, wanted different things so they had very different agents. Sam didn’t care about shopping. It was a task they were happy to offload to an Agent. When Sam had seen the advert: “you press the button, we do the rest”, and the offer of a free data-sell Agent, Sam … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/tech/811614/best-christmas-ornaments-2025 You should have seen his face. He nearly cried. It was like he was transported back. He’s always going on about “the old days” so we knew we had to get it when my Agent found one. It wasn’t hard to decide which to get. He always had a favourite. It wasn’t his first … [Read more…]
https://www.adpulp.com/indeeds-new-ai-search-agent-helps-job-seekers-hit-the-curveball/ She wasn’t actively looking. Well no-one actively looked of course, they had Agents for that. Most people were always passively job hunting. Some didn’t even engage until their Agent announced the end of the negotiations. She was more interested than that. She sometimes asked whether there was any “interesting news”. Tonight it reported opening … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/11/gemini-deep-research-comes-to-google-finance-backed-by-prediction-market-data/ The Agent who’d taught her in school had tried to make it interesting. It had used celebrities and sports to try and make it accessible. But it was still just “money”. It was abstract, a thing to get not to “manage”. She thought of that Agent now as she sat down with another Agent … [Read more…]
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/11/wipers-from-russias-most-cut-throat-hackers-rain-destruction-on-ukraine/ They were the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne. They could gig, they could try their luck as an influencer, they could get a job training for The Company or… well it was a professional career. Some were following in the family tradition. Their dads had served. For others it … [Read more…]
https://hyperallergic.com/1055167/the-creative-essence-of-zohran-mamdanis-ascent/ He wanted to make a difference. He genuinely got into politics to change things, make his constituents’ lives better, improve society. This passion came through in his feeds. He won because people saw him as genuine. He was idealistic as a kid and he still was. He didn’t think about the complexities, the political … [Read more…]
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500915-how-preppers-plan-to-save-us-if-the-whole-internet-collapses They meet up, not just to share tips and ideas but also to get reassurance, reinforcement: to renew their fear. They needed to check that there was a real threat, a real chance of the End. They got together to remind each other. Brands were there of course selling the latest printers, fab-labs, organic … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/04/john-lewis-christmas-advert-countdown-90s-club-classic-where-love-lives It was her job to organise the snacks for the launch party. They hadn’t made the ad so their party couldn’t be billed. They had to pay. But they didn’t mind. It was a tradition. They all got a little drunk, slagged off the idea and the production and secretly wished they could be … [Read more…]
https://uk.themedialeader.com/trust-is-essential-to-the-future-of-media-but-how-can-advertisers-measure-it The industry was old-fashioned in some ways. These meetings were always “meat meets”. Of course everyone brought their Agents but the meeting and the decision were slow, human, face-to-face. And this meet started with bad news. The network wouldn’t be renewing the show. Her Agent had warned her but it was still a shock. … [Read more…]
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/chatgpt-as-a-soccer-advisor-seattle-reign-fc-coach-uses-ai-to-develop-new-defensive-strategy-and-it-worked/ The pizzas were lined up. The beers were chilling, apart from the ones for Chris who liked them lukewarm. The screen and the sound system were optimized for “stadium” – they still refused to sit there wearing what they called “goggles”. They were discussing other things while the pundits warned up and ran their … [Read more…]