speculations

https://www.ft.com/content/9cc6cc0b-759f-4b8e-9ed1-9e32ad0fe22f I’m a lobbyist I guess. My job is to form relationships with the powerful, to get to know them, what buttons to press, how to get my client onto their agenda. It involves a lot of what used to be called “wining and dining” but first I have to… Read the rest

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/in-the-age-of-ai-we-must-protect-human-creativity-as-a-natural-resource/ You could stream them of course but there was something special about visiting. In school holidays and weekends middle class parents and tourists took their kids to the Museum, believing that it was educational, an investment in their children. The Museum wasn’t as “interactive” as other real spaces. There… Read the rest

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/04/24/the-great-pitch-theater-debate-should-agencies-go-big-or-keep-it-simple The two pitches ran simultaneously. In the boardroom the team was meeting the client. The older attendees felt at home. The deck might have 3D graphics, the data might be updating in real time but there was something comforting about humans standing and talking. Of course there were Agents… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/44d530bc-a710-4705-be3a-9d11bc23b131 I once wrote a story from the perspective of a dog. It was about friendship. The owner couldn’t understand it of course but the dog knew when his master needed affection, someone to “talk to”. I often revisit this when I consider my own position. My “master” works hard.… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/chatgpts-responses-will-now-include-washington-post-articles/ He was an expert. That was how he was introduced when he appeared on streams, coming up with a pithy commentary on a news story. He had become an “expert” not just because he was good at research but because he was good at talking about it. Sometimes he… Read the rest

https://uk.themedialeader.com/the-industry-must-support-parents-to-take-paternity-leave The security guard opened the door and smiled. She always liked the fact there was a human guard, it meant she didn’t have to stop for her scan and then a separate one for the buggy which had begun to gradually wake him up as she headed towards the… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/companies-can-leverage-the-true-value-of-meetings-with-ai-by-building-an-llm-for-leadership/ He’d invested in AI. Of course he had. Every member of staff had their personal “partner” Agent, others were optimising supply chains, customer service and of course marketing and comms. He often joked that electricity was his main cost now. He wasn’t a luddite. He had AIs at home… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/5d06bbb4-0034-493b-8b0d-5c0ab74bedef They could afford the best. They knew they were fortunate, that many others couldn’t afford childcare. No. They were the lucky ones but they didn’t feel guilty about it. It was their duty to give her everything she needed. So they’d interviewed countless childminders, done the sure diligence, done… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/openais-new-reasoning-ai-models-hallucinate-more/ Speculation builds creativity. It encourages and empowers innovation. Thinking and telling stories enables us to consider the complex worlds of business in new ways, offers teams a space to imagine and harness that imagination to their work. Exploring the complexity of society and business in terms of objects: human… Read the rest

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/google-is-gifting-a-year-of-gemini-advanced-to-every-college-student-in-the-us/ The children had one of course. They’d had one since kindergarten. The sponsor changed occasionally as the schools did new deals and so the interface, speed and ad breaks changed but the children always had one. Depending on the school and the area of course, some were quite capable.… Read the rest