Is it cheating? AI use during job interviews sparks debate over whether to restrict emerging tools

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/is-it-cheating-ai-use-during-job-interviews-sparks-debate-over-whether-to-restrict-emerging-tools/ The Agent interviews had been done, now it was time for the humans.The interviews were in-person. The team hoped that the candidates would honour the document signed as part of the application but HR was more cynical, so the room was set up. The sensors were obviously looking for… Read the rest

Will the future of software development run on vibes?

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/is-vibe-coding-with-ai-gnarly-or-reckless-maybe-some-of-both/ It may have looked an odd collection. In one corner was a famous novelist, surrounded by a small group of younger people trying hard not to ask a stupid question. The novelist smiled patiently. It was ready money. The poets were a diverse lot. Some huddled together talking earnestly.… Read the rest

Amazon tightens its grip on TV ads with AI tool built for upfront negotiations

https://digiday.com/marketing/amazon-tightens-its-grip-on-tv-ads-with-ai-tool-built-for-upfront-negotiations/ He had a lot of time to daydream. It felt like a lot of time compared with how it used to be. He spent a lot of time thinking about the way it used to be; back-to-back meetings, rushed briefings for those meetings, deadlines, decisions. He still made the… Read the rest

World Creative Rankings 2025: Ogilvy announced as most awarded agency network

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2025/03/03/world-creative-rankings-2025-ogilvy-announced-most-awarded-agency-network It was the main award of the evening. There was no clear favourite so debate had been animated, betting brisk. Countless Agents had been harnessed to try and predict the outcome. He sat at the table his Agency had paid for. His boss was optimistic so had found the… Read the rest

The Retail Trick That’s Squeezing the Fun Out of Bargain Hunting

https://slate.com/business/2025/03/online-shopping-deals-discounts-scams-sales-retailers.html She stopped buying from The Bros and their network of outlets. At least she’d tried to. She wasn’t stupid. She knew almost every arrow was connecting somehow: hosted in a Bro cloud, using Bro agents, tired into Bro capital. But she tried. It wasn’t easy but there were positives.… Read the rest

Grok’s new “unhinged” voice mode can curse and scream, simulate phone sex

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/groks-uncensored-ai-voice-mode-lets-users-talk-sex-therapy-and-conspiracies/ She didn’t care. She didn’t need them. She was proud to be different. If they didn’t like her, fine! The Breakfast Club had it right. Outsider is cool. It’s the followers, the ones who just want to be like everyone else, they’re the sad ones. And anyway, she liked… Read the rest

With Alexa+, Amazon makes an intriguing play in the consumer agent space

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/with-alexa-amazon-makes-an-intriguing-play-in-the-consumer-agent-space/ He had his Agent at work of course. She – he knew it wasn’t appropriate to gender his Agent but he couldn’t get used to “it” – was part PA and part strategic partner. They should be a team whether he was in the city office or working at… Read the rest