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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

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

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

https://uk.themedialeader.com/protecting-yourself-from-burnout/ He posted regularly of course: at the best times, responding promptly, keeping up with the calendar and the trends. The Company demanded it, but the Agent took care of all that. Agents writing for Agents to read, pieces to be selected, summarised and occasionally even brought to a human’s… Read the rest

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

https://www.ft.com/content/a16bbdf4-a8c9-4fb2-b61e-e83bb5bfa11b There wasn’t an official retirement age. The Company was happy for its workers to contribute feeding human uniqueness in as long as they liked but for most the moment came when they wanted… a rest. The retirement Agent was ready to ease the transition and, of course, protect The… Read the rest

https://www.wired.com/story/deveillance-spectre-i/ He wished he was brave enough to just put it on the desk. Make a statement. Tell The Company where he stood. Show why his work was still as good, often better than his colleagues’. But he wasn’t. He knew how proud The Company was of its System, how… Read the rest

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

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

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