Remitly co-founder ready to build next ‘big company’ — helping leverage AI in sports and live events

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/remitly-co-founder-ready-to-build-next-big-company-helping-leverage-ai-in-sports-and-live-events/ He always watched the match. Some of his friends didn’t. He remembered comments from his dad when the systems first came in: “what’s the bloody point of a season ticket?” He sometimes said the same thing to his friends when they pored over their screens, visualising data, running models,… Read the rest

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/oct/02/ai-children-parenting-creativity The data was all good. The feeds from the school were all in the green and their own sensors were showing he was developing well. Every evening when they checked the visualisations and read the Agent’s reports they should have been relaxed, confident; but they weren’t. They were worried.… Read the rest

Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/microsoft_consumer_copilot_corporate/ They’d kept the building. They believed that clients liked visiting a real space, real people, getting away from the cameras. The reception area was smart of course. The work projected on the walls behind the smiling receptionist changed depending on who was checking in. The sensors fed data through… Read the rest

’The red line keeps moving’: Advertising creatives have lost the AI ick

https://digiday.com/marketing/the-red-line-keeps-moving-advertising-creatives-have-lost-the-ai-ick She was good. They could see she was good. The algorithms said she was good. Her data showed she was good. Searches and modelling showed she had potential to add 12.7% value and had an awards potential of 0.56. She wasn’t even going to be expensive. The Agent showed… Read the rest

From AI to aisles: How shoppers are balancing tech and touch in retail

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/from-ai-to-aisles-how-shoppers-are-balancing-tech-and-touch-in-retail She wasn’t a luddite. She had her Agents, some of them did the shopping. They kept an eye on them fridge and the pantry as well as the streams; checking what she had and what she should have advertising to get influencers. And of course they saved her money.… Read the rest

ChatGPT Pulse: OpenAI Wants to Give You a Morning Briefing (and Get a Peek at Your Other Apps)

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-pulse-openai-morning-briefing-2000663894 The alarm went off and eventually she got out of bed. Her Agent waited until she was dressed and making breakfast before starting its briefing. She could hear her partner’s Agent starting their briefing in the bathroom. The kids had their own “chat” running as they got their toast.… Read the rest

OpenAI Looks to Build In-House Ad Infrastructure

https://www.adweek.com/media/openai-chatgpt-ads-job-listing-marketing-platform/ She’d started the agency after she’d come back from maternity leave and realised that her existing employer was looking at her differently. It wasn’t that they weren’t accommodating. She was given extra Agent support but her career was stalled. That was a while ago now. Her own agency had… Read the rest