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https://thenextweb.com/news/pinepeak-wildfire-simulator-predicts-fire-risks The Sim Room has a lock on it. Someone had wanted a Palm recognition panel like in The West Wing but Security had settled on a simple face rec for the humans and a code footprint once for the Agents. The room itself has a sort of WW2 map… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/news/636414/krisp-ai-accent-converter He’s obsessed with it. We need to get him focused on the message not the delivery. We can’t get him to discuss what we’re saying. He’s too busy tinkering. You have to talk to him, get him to see. It all started when we showed him how to get… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/google-unveils-a-next-gen-ai-reasoning-model/ It was hard keeping up. Stressful. In the interview he’d answered the question “why, us?” with a speech his careers Agent had prepared focusing on employee development, the opportunity to grow and learn, challenges… It had been true, well interview true. But he hadn’t realised the pace of change.… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/8e730692-fd9c-45b1-84dc-7ea16429c5c6 The University prided itself on its industry links. “Teaching partnerships” they called them. The businesses provided Briefs for the students, offered guest lectures and crits and worked with the course leaders on keeping the curriculum up-to-date. The partners were honest, there were few jobs they could offer. The era… Read the rest

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/analysis-microsofts-copilot-for-gaming-is-a-solution-looking-for-a-problem/ They’d been getting together since they were kids. The conversation had moved from homework to girls (and boys), on to jobs and now they even talked about mortgages. They’d moved from crisps and sweets through various drugs to now, non-alcoholic craft beers. The games too had changed, although various… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/b21eaff7-7189-49a2-b791-209e8de98494 I’ve changed my dating Agent. I still want all the checks. I’m not stupid and if my Agent can do basic due diligence, fine. It’s caught a number of things that might not have ruined the date but would certainly have become an issue later on. I also like… Read the rest

https://www.engadget.com/ai/joint-studies-from-openai-and-mit-found-links-between-loneliness-and-chatgpt-use-193537421.html It’s not human. It’s not real. It’s an It. I’m not like those Agentics who give them names and personalities. I had a tamagotchi when I was a kid. I don’t need another one now. It’s a tool. Like my word processor. My boss makes me use it. My… Read the rest

https://thenextweb.com/news/military-vehicles-add-distance-mixed-reality-windshields It was wonderfully old-fashioned. A Double Decker bus tour. The bus was even red and had that platform at the back. So quaint. There was even a human conductor offering a live commentary in a pretty convincing cockney accent. The windows offered live translations. The family chose their seats… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/632830/microsoft-kathleen-hogan-strategy-chief-notepad No-one was surprised when she got the job. The book had closed days before when humans in the know as well as their Agents agreed she was a shoe-in. It wasn’t a bad choice. She knew her stuff. She was known around the business as “the Agent whisperer”. Her… Read the rest

https://www.engadget.com/wearables/muses-new-wearable-eeg-knows-how-hard-youre-thinking-120041154.html You don’t have to wear one obviously. We’re not living in a dystopia! The company even produced a little animation making fun of the idea of compulsory brain scanning! I must admit I was unsure when I first joined and my Agent explained it to me. But one day… Read the rest