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https://www.adweek.com/agencies/dept-powers-up-its-global-content-studio-with-adobe-ai/ He preferred his job title “Head of Department” over his nickname “Nedry”. Yes he knew about computers but he wasn’t fat and he didn’t eat pizza. And he wasn’t a bad guy. His department was in the basement, true and yes it did feel a little nerdy: banks of… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/new-research-shows-ai-agents-are-running-wild-online-with-few-guardrails-in-place-2000724181 “We’re going to need a bigger boat.” It was a human joke. The team understood the reference but didn’t get the joke. That was a different thing. The humans made lots of jokes: maybe masking the existential fear, maybe a way of dealing with the boredom. Managing the team… Read the rest

https://uk.themedialeader.com/wpp-media-launches-framework-for-evaluating-ai-advertising-capabilities They weren’t in danger of being sacked, or “decommissioned” as The Company called it. They were the backbone of the business now, woven into the work and The Company’s strategy. They weren’t going anywhere. But a human on the board had decided having Performance Reviews would look good. So… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/does-sorry-count-when-ai-writes-it-for-you-2000723176 It wasn’t fair. Of course it wasn’t fair. He knew that. He could see it, why couldn’t they? It wasn’t a big thing and now he had to say sorry. Sorry for what? Not fair. And it was the way they said it. “Take some time. Think about what… Read the rest

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/16/1125881/tuning-into-the-future-of-collaboration/ She was due to start on Monday. Her Agent was busy. She was glad it could do multiple things simultaneously because there was a lot to do. She (not the Agent!) had decided she needed a new look, something more confident. The Agent was off finding options and negotiating… Read the rest

https://futurism.com/space/signs-derelict-soviet-moon-lander It was a relic, a memory of a distant time. There were few who could even remember it had ever existed. He wasn’t looking for it. It was a routine check of the code. He could have missed it as his Agent combed the old files, its predecessors. But… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/dems-want-to-ban-surveillance-pricing-at-big-grocery-stores-2000722182 She liked to cook, herself. Of course she could afford “help”. There was always a marginal worker available and she did like to have some “international cuisine” sometimes but when it came to a real dinner party, she liked to show her guests what she could do. She even… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/13/anthropic_claudeifies_comp_sci_courses/ Of course she wanted to be a coder. Who wouldn’t? They were rockstars, celebrities, in demand. Whether she ended up as personal coder to some rich family or a nomadic hacker travelling the world, she would be part of an elite. Ordinary people had off-the-shelf code, she would offer… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/media/google-takes-a-step-toward-an-internet-built-for-ai-agents/ You couldn’t point to it or pick it up but it was a cornerstone, a key building block, a foundation – choose your metaphor: it was vital. The Protocol underpinned The System (and of course The Company). It enabled Agents to do their work and, The Company claimed, empowered… Read the rest

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/former-impero-creative-director-elliott-starr-launches-ai-augmented-studio/1948200 It was only a matter of time. They all knew it. When the awards started rolling in, the new business and, yes, the profile pieces in the trade feeds, there was no way they’d be able to keep “the rainmaker”. I just hoped the “Grandmaster” would remember me. Take… Read the rest