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https://www.marketing-interactive.com/wpp-launches-open-pro-to-put-ai-marketing-power-directly-in-clients-hands It was known as “The Fitting”. Like getting a suit, the story went, you could buy off-the-peg. It would fit, if you were a standard size. It might even be smart, but it was only when you went bespoke that you could tell the difference. Made-to-measure, crafted for you.… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/23/aws_cloudwatch_automated_incident_reports/ The Nightwatchman wasn’t busy; was rarely busy. The building and warehouse hummed along. There was little to do. The buildings were secure, security was tight, the systems robust but the Company had a Nightwatchman because its clients wanted visible reassurance. So every night The Nightwatchman sat and watched. Clients… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/big-tech-funding-ai-trainings-2000674753 There were positive things about INSET days: the chance to catch up with colleagues, the shorter day with no marking to oversee and, yes, a change from the routine. But she sighed as she sat down at her console and the sponsor began. She zoned out as the corporate… Read the rest

https://digiday.com/marketing/advertisings-new-universal-language-for-ai-agents-sparks-old-debates-about-power-and-openness It was a closed shop, a secret society, a powerful network. The Protocol underpinned the Agents work, allowed them to “talk” to each other, connect, work, deal. The Protocol decided who could join, made demands on how they joined, what they could do, which members they could connect with.… Read the rest

https://hyperallergic.com/1050375/the-arch-of-trump-triumph-and-downfall/ He was notoriously illiterate when it came to technology. His advisors knew if they needed him to make a decision on tech policy they would have to find a way to make it accessible and, above all, interesting to him. They had to stretch metaphors and analogies to present… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/too-burned-out-to-travel-this-new-app-fakes-your-summer-vacation-photos-for-you/ It was a civilised breakup. Polite. Adult. They’d just reached the end of the relationship. Agreed. Even sorting through the possessions happened without rancour. There was a sort of melancholy. “This one was yours. I remember when your Agent bought it. You couldn’t work out why until it explained… Read the rest

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/teachers-get-an-f-on-ai-generated-lesson-plans/ She’d finished supervising the marking. The Agent had commented and calculated a mark. She didn’t need to check its working but she liked to read the children’s work and try and spot the human paragraphs. There were still a few. She smiled. The Agent had already uploaded the marks.… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/kayak-launches-an-ai-mode-for-travel-questions-search-and-bookings/ Their Agents predicted they would get enough work by the Spring. His contracts would fall-off in January but he’d pick up again in February. They should be ok. It looked like they’d be able to get a holiday next year. They loved this moment when the models came in… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/media/new-york-times-le-monde-bundle-ai-translation-onbackground/ He liked to sit at the table for breakfast. He called it his “start to the day”. His family rushed around, packing bags, configuring their Agents, grabbing a coffee but he sat there with his “newspaper”. He couldn’t afford a material copy; one day, he thought. “Then I want… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/how-raffles-hotel-is-modernising-luxury-through-storytelling The Hotel Manager was human. That was the point, what made the hotel special, at the heart of its “gracious service”. Tall, immaculate, perfect accent. The hotel was smart of course. Rooms seamlessly adapted to particular guests, needs were predicted and serviced before the guests could even ask. The… Read the rest