AI Burning Man happens next week – here’s what The Register expects at GTC 2026

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/13/nvidia_gtc_2026_preview_tobias_mann_register/ We think it is important that our team has the opportunity to, how can I put it? “Let it’s hair down”. We pride ourselves on the creativity and of our team, how they can think differently. We give them support to pursue their own creative projects. As a business… Read the rest

Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/fords-new-ai-assistant-will-help-fleet-owners-know-if-seatbelts-are-being-used/ She was driving casual (as Harrison Ford might have said). Not fast obviously, not slow, careful but not too careful: just casual. She didn’t feel casual, she knew that and she knew the car knew that. It had been a difficult breakfast. She knew there were signs: the way… Read the rest

Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/892401/amazon-perplexity-ai-shopping-agent-court-order They waited outside, barred. If they’d had noses they’d have been pressed against the window… if there had been a window. They didn’t and there wasn’t. This was a purely digital stand-off. The shopping Agents weren’t allowed “in”. Any bargains were only for dumb Agents. Any data was only… Read the rest

Coming Soon, From the People Behind ICE Detention Camps: Data Center Company Towns

https://gizmodo.com/coming-soon-from-the-people-behind-ice-detention-camps-data-center-company-towns-2000731145 It’s a beautiful place to be, to work. The endless nights or endless days can screw with your human rhythms but it’s nice to be reminded you’re human. There aren’t many of us but The Company still likes a human or two in the mix I guess. The scenery… Read the rest

‘Nobody’s asking the question’: WPP’s biggest restructure in years means nothing until CMOs say it does

https://digiday.com/marketing/nobodys-asking-the-question-wpps-biggest-restructure-in-years-means-nothing-until-cmos-say-it-does They’d spent a lot of time on the new structure. They’d even had human-only meetings to get a different perspective. To be honest it had not been very productive but the humans had enjoyed the novelty. It was now settled. The Agents had run the models. This was it.… Read the rest

Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report/ She tapped the recording again. How had he done that? What chord was it? It was sort of diminished but there was something else? And how had he got that sound on the bridge. She tried again. She was a good musician, skilled, but she couldn’t get it. Her… Read the rest

Ars Technica Fires Reporter After AI Controversy Involving Fabricated Quotes

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ars-technica-fires-reporter-ai-quotes Prizes were a hangover from a previous era. She’d met a hack from those times once. Boy could he drink! He’d told her about his awards ceremonies: the alcohol, the “networking” and above all the politics and egos. Magazines – yes he was that old – fighting it out,… Read the rest