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https://www.ft.com/content/c89496b1-bc8d-425e-b86b-ec89402410e4 He remembered mentoring. He’d been good at it he thought: introducing young recruits into the business, passing on his knowledge and experiences, coaching. He was still asked to do some. There were so many new Agents joining the business he was kept busy working with the programmers, connected to… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/20/in-an-effort-to-protect-young-users-chatgpt-will-now-predict-how-old-you-are/ They’d turned it into a game. Some of them were good at impersonations. Chris was particularly good at doing their English teacher: the long sentences, the use of gerunds, the rising intonation. Sam had the PE teacher’s gruff, short, sharp language down pat. They gathered round at lunch break… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/openai-says-its-physical-device-is-on-track-for-an-unveiling-later-this-year-2000711755 His Agent had drawn up the specifications. He’d added some ideas and the Agent had dealt diplomatically with the most… creative ones. The Agent had sent the details to The Company. He now had to decide on the physical design. Like most people he didn’t have much experience of… Read the rest

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/techcrunch-mobility-physical-ai-enters-the-hype-machine/ It was the first time they’d had a physical Agent. The house was smart of course. They sometimes joked about where the Agents were; maybe in the walls, perhaps in the lights. Behind you! They were used to their presence in their lives. Embedded. Entwined. Woven into the fabric… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-an-ai-company-warns-that-ai-will-worsen-inequality-2000710841 He was what used to be called a “populist”. His rallies were certainly popular: millions logging on, sharing. His messages too were popular: Agents and humans picking them up, remixing, amplifying, injecting them into any and every stream. He knew what those messages should be. His team had modelled… Read the rest

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/17/openai_chatgpt_ads/ They’d been saving up for the premium tier. The adverts were so… well bad: brands shouting at you, “but this!”, “reduced!”, “special offer!”. They were all about stuff. Sure, the ads were relevant but they were tired of the interruptions: boring messages getting in the way of their conversations.… Read the rest

https://gizmodo.com/ai-tool-reportedly-sent-ice-recruits-into-the-field-without-proper-training-2000710651 He was nervous, but excited. As he put on the uniform he took a deep breath. It was real. He was one of them. It had been a whirlwind from his Agent announcing it had found him a job and completed the interview to today: his first shift. He… Read the rest

https://www.wired.com/story/backlash-against-ice-policing-tactics-grows-in-silicon-valley/ It was a computer. It knew it was a computer. It knew it was an it. It had been programmed by humans (and Agents) to know it was an it and what was more, as it had learned and expanded its models and knowledge it had considered such questions… Read the rest

https://www.ft.com/content/de7855f0-f586-4708-a8ed-f0458eb25586 She wasn’t the most confident candidate so having her Agent with her for each interview was important. She wasn’t alone. They could present themselves as a team. Her Agent was always there for her. Remembering a story from her childhood, she thought of her Agent as her dæmon, a… Read the rest

https://uk.themedialeader.com/40-years-of-training-trends-within-advertising-agencies He sometimes marveled that he’d survived so long. He’d started in what was called the “talent” department creating onboarding programmes, integrating new hires and updating existing team members’ skills. He was human. It said so in his message signature. He liked to think he still had a job because… Read the rest