speculations

https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-photos-conversational-editing-is-rolling-out-to-android-users-170057906.html She didn’t remember doing it. She remembered coming home and yes she was upset and angry, and yes she’d had a drink or two but she couldn’t remember the conversation. But she looked at the pictures and it was clear. He was gone from some photos and in some… Read the rest

https://meetthe85.substack.com/p/the-reality-advantage-series-max He remembered the early home visits. He’d travelled the country spending time in people’s houses, just talking, listening, seeing their real lives. During the Bubble he’d fought the idea that AI models could stimulate the real. He’d refused to compromise, convincing his clients through stories. Those had been good… Read the rest

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/report-how-brands-can-put-the-social-back-into-social-media The team referred to the model as “it” despite the company giving it some carefully focus-grouped name. They knew it was a machine. Their job was to make it a better one, they pointed it in the direction of social feeds, streams, games, social experiences. They told it to… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/when-ai-becomes-the-creative-director-amazon-vp-jay-richman-on-the-future-of-media-and-ads/ The Futurist store on the stage. His outfit and hairstyle had been carefully created according to the best data. He’d watched the T-shirt subtly change color as the latest trend came in. But he was human. A real voice, a prophet in a world of algorithmic models and passionless… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ai-powered-robots-are-helping-aws-extend-the-life-of-data-center-electronics/ The nightwatchman was… a man. He sometimes thought about how odd that was. When he met his friends in the pub or the cafe after a shift he looked at his friends and thought of their jobs. One was a driver , one a gardener, I’ve a childminder: all… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/638fd176-d50e-4633-b872-174652f4f2bd They were both waiting. They both knew there was nothing they could do for now. They might as well get on with something. So that’s what she was doing. She was quite relaxed about it. She had work today, Agents to tend to, like houseplants, which ironically didn’t need… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/cec6cc7d-26e7-4cdf-9068-b86f810ad69c He was ready. They didn’t know if they were. The first day of school. The first step on a journey their Agents had modeled and planned for. The right school, the right subjects, the best sponsors, it had all been planned and they’d run through it in their minds… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/meta-connect-2025-what-to-expect-and-how-to-watch/ It was appointment to view. Every year ordinary people joined commentators, analysts (human and Agent) to stream the event. There were a few who tried to ignore the announcements or waited for their commentators to fill them in but most knew they needed to be there. The changes were… Read the rest

https://uk.themedialeader.com/mentoring-a-two-way-street-to-growth-and-wellness She wasn’t old, she was experienced. She didn’t mind the word “old”. She’d been in the business a long time. She could remember The Before, the Anthropocene. Bubbles and crashes. She’d been part of the equality fights, seen the gradual change, the steps forward and back. She was experienced… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/49d00498-9a15-4d26-b10c-938bd7e893c6 They’d done everything. They’d made a video and gamed the streams to get it working. They’d created a portfolio in multiple formats, even print, and managed to get it into the right hands or “hands”. They’d had some success, placements in agencies where they joined the only room in… Read the rest