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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/27/engineered_arts_robots_interview/ They sometimes wished The Caretaker looked… well now human. They had an image of him (they were sure it was a him). He wore overalls with a hankie in the back pocket; he had glasses and of course he was old. Like really old. They imagined he’d been cleaning… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/sam-altmans-world-now-wants-to-link-ai-agents-to-your-digital-identity/ She tried to avoid having an Agent but she’d had to accept she needed one. Employers were effectively refusing to hear applications from humans. The only way to apply was through the Agent portal. She couldn’t arrange a holiday as airlines and Airbnb only talked to Agents. She couldn’t… Read the rest

https://hyperallergic.com/985640/national-gallery-of-art-ends-diversity-programs/ I’m consulting a lawyer obviously. Well a legal AI of course, I want the best minds on the case. It’s not just me, the threat to diversity programmes is a threat to society but also our work. The work I’ve been doing, making sure diversity and inclusion issues are… Read the rest

https://digiday.com/marketing/wtf-are-ai-agents/ She worked with the demobbed. With so much counselling and therapy work outsourced to AIs, she was glad of the work. And there was a lot of work. The numbers leaving a secure and clearly structured environment were increasing. They were rejoining society and they were at a loss.… Read the rest

https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/influencer-marketing-strategies-random-creator-content-works-consumers/2599441 She’d worked hard on The Agent. Her other AI had helped obviously but she felt she should be the one that made the final decisions. In a world of inhuman influencers, she was “proud to be human” as she often said. She wanted to decide what her brand was,… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/openai_stargate_ai_datacenter_company/ The dark satanic mills loomed over the village just as the Victorian factories that had become desirable apartments used to. They were gone now. The owners had moved to somewhere the view was unobstructed, clear out at least where the buildings blocking that view were not windowless boxes. Giant… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/uk-to-unveil-humphrey-assistant-for-civil-servants-with-other-ai-plans-to-cut-bureaucracy/ He was young and keen. He’d watched his Party languish in opposition. Impotent. He’d become a member first, and then a candidate because he wanted to change things. The election victory gave his Party the opportunity, gave him the chance to make a difference. The Party had policies ready.… Read the rest

https://digiday.com/marketing/cmos-prepare-for-a-trump-presidency-in-2025-which-will-be-a-different-kind-of-cmo-from-his-first-term He’d run the models. It was a new regime. A new start. A new opportunity. His AIs had generated the simulations over the previous weeks since the election. They’d identified the implications and the prospects. Of course the models were being updated live and it all could change when… Read the rest

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-around-the-us-tiktok-ban/ It was his room. The sign on the door made it clear. They don’t come in. Except when they do, with that look as they cast their eyes around the posters, the mess: his posters, his mess. It’s not as though they needed to check, he thought. The house… Read the rest

https://thenextweb.com/news/scenexus-building-digital-twins-of-cities The mayor’s office had huge windows on each side. At this height she could see across the city. On a clear day she could just about see where her “responsibility” ended. She sometimes imagined that if she had a son she would say: “Everything the light touches is our… Read the rest