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https://www.theverge.com/news/798821/anduril-eagleeye-palmer-luckey-mark-zuckerberg-meta-military-mr The Tailor was busy. His small shop in the historic street was always busy. He didn’t need a shop but it added to the mystique. His clients liked it: a real world fitting rather than an impersonal scan, a chance to discuss the options: the hardware the client wanted,… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/c8dbfb26-1c89-4e28-b728-d2c39725a87d The veterans met up every so often to remember, to support, but more than anything else, to tell stories. Some were old enough to have been there at the beginning. They told stories of the early days, long forgotten theatres. They remembered making decisions themselves, making mistakes. Younger veterans… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/f312843b-1921-4998-963d-820885349f32 They couldn’t afford to shop but they did it anyway. Or at least they practiced. They wandered around the mall looking, exploring, imagining. It was part of being their age; trying on not just clothes but identities. What if I had this? What if I wore that? They had… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-makes-bizarre-connection-between-circumcision-tylenol-and-autism-2000670971 He wanted it “reprogramming”. Of course it wasn’t that simple but despite his aids, and his Agents, trying to explain it to him, he just kept repeating the same demand. He didn’t understand the way it worked. He knew he needed “the AI thing”. It meant he could sack… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-to-provide-free-copilot-tools-for-washington-state-schools-amid-debate-over-ais-role-in-learning/ Dear Parents, We are delighted to announce that the school has a new sponsor. The Company will be working with us from next term to deliver the best education for your children. As you know, The Company is dedicated to the journey and its Agents will take our children… Read the rest

https://uk.themedialeader.com/itv-launches-genai-ads-manager His business was at the size where its Agents suggested a TV campaign. The TV audience was small, the Agent reported, but they were valuable and open to a #showmanship ad. He could have given feedback virtually but the broadcaster liked to meet new advertisers. He was shown into… Read the rest

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/07/1125191/ai-toys-in-china/ They weren’t sure. They weren’t refusers. Agents were part of their lives; at work, in their personal lives, even in the home. But they weren’t sure. Of course there would be educational Agents built into the room, stimulation agents built into the cot, but there was something about a… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/06/openai_opens_chatgpt_to_referring/ He knew he’d get a visit. Other developers had warned him. Even his own Agent had said it was coming, its business plan included it as a cost. So he wasn’t surprised when it happened. His app was progressing well. His Agent had even agreed to let him code… Read the rest

https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20250926-the-perils-of-letting-ai-plan-your-next-trip They could have left the Agent to it, of course, but they wanted to be able to talk to their friends about how “active” they’d been. They didn’t want to be seen as one of those “passive” couples who just let the Agents do everything. And, tweaking the agenda,… Read the rest

https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/glide-white-cane-blind-assistive-device/ She’d hacked it. It looked the same. She’d left the company’s logo on it. She didn’t want to break that part of the Ts & C’s and have to pay. She’d even left the ads on. She’d just made sure she couldn’t “experience” them as The Company called it.… Read the rest