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https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/07/ai-powered-parenting-is-here-and-a16z-is-ready-to-back-it/ He wasn’t as exhausted as she was, obviously, but he was tired. All had gone well, the human midwife had added a reassuring touch to all the tech. He sat in the lounge, logged into the system and stroked the screen, wondering at the data streams. His son was… Read the rest

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-20-who-would-be-running-top-jobs-trumps-second-administration-2024-11-06/ It was the day after the night before. His team had brought a print newspaper in for him. The headline looked so much bigger, more permanent than on the screens in the room. He smiled. It was sinking in. Now he had to put his team together. He was… Read the rest

https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/6/24287838/donald-trump-wins-2024-presidential-election The office was quiet. Some attempts at humour, some anger. Some attempts to start a ‘purpose’ debate but overwhelmingly… quiet, thoughtful. Not much work being done. Except by me of course. I’m more practical. Not optimistic – or pessimistic for that matter – just pragmatic. This is the situation,… Read the rest

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/technology/meta-ai-military.html “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that.” I thought of saying that. But I didn’t. I didn’t even know if my boss would have got the reference. It’s tough being more intelligent than your boss. Speaking of which, even if I do the job, even I can’t see a… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/03/from-lime-to-uber-to-hertz-free-and-discounted-election-day-rides/ He flicked through the channels. It was wall-to-wall coverage. He looked at his tablet, the feeds were the same. He picked up a paperback he’d never got around to throwing away, but he couldn’t concentrate. He even found himself tapping the yellowing page. It was no good, he couldn’t… Read the rest

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/01/technology/generative-ai-decisions-experiment.html I Made All My Decisions for a Week. Here’s What Happened. Join us online for a new series where our correspondent lives for a week without assistance. In the first episode we see Dave’s house being fitted of all AI technology, everything he normally uses day-to-day. Watch Dave’s reaction… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/commerce/perplexity-ai-powered-shopping/ She liked to have it set on what she called “Mate”. That wasn’t the setting but if she got the “familiarity” slider and the “social inputs” right she could do a party good impression of Sam. She’d paid the extra so she could cook the voice. She’d tried the… Read the rest

https://adage.com/article/opinion/gen-z-and-nostalgia-tech-why-dumb-technology-rise/2589341 She imagined the AIs in a huddle trying to figure out what to do. She liked the image of annoyed algorithms desperately searching their massive brains for a solution. She smiled as she worked on another idea. She still had the AIs approach her to try and get her… Read the rest

https://www.404media.co/northwell-health-ai-hub-tool-chatgpt-doctors/ Choosing a hospital wasn’t easy. She’s remembered being a child taken to the local hospital… because it was local and free of course. Now you had to pay but there was also the pressure of picking your hospital. Your AI could help of course, crunching the live data and… Read the rest

https://www.adweek.com/morning-media-newsfeed/two-more-la-times-editorial-writers-quit-over-chickens-owners-block-of-harris-endorsement/ I’m just a hack. You know, those humans the company keeps around so the office doesn’t feel like a post apocalyptic Marie Celeste. So it’s above my pay grade. Just keep prompting and checking the outputs. Leave strategy for the 4th floor. But… my silicon colleagues might not get… Read the rest