On stage and off stage, angst about AI seems to be shifting. Last year’s theme at Cannes was how tech platforms might disrupt agencies with AI-generated ads. This year, marketers are now among the many feeling disrupted (and increasingly disoriented) when it comes to how their
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Google taps employee alumni network for AI startup incubator
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Google Taps Employee Alumni Network With #AI Startup Incubator
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TCS’s Besprosvan: AI supports factory workers, not replaces, via hazard reduction ROI
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Sol Besprosvan from TCS framed it as AI supporting professionals on factory floors, not replacing them. The use case anchor is hazard reduction, which is where the ROI conversation is easiest to win internally.
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GPT-5.5-Pro vs Y axis: triangulating spend at $500k/week
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Next in the series of GPT-5.5-Pro vs the Y axis, where we try to triangulate information to add the missing axes. Explanation:
"I anchored the top of the chart at roughly $1M/week because that makes the latest spend about $500k/week, or ~$500 per employee per month for -
Survey: 1 in 3 employers replacing entry-level jobs with AI
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A new GMAC survey of 600+ recruiters found that 1 in 3 employers say they are replacing entry-level jobs with AI. Tech is hit hardest: 40% of employers in the industry said AI is replacing junior roles, followed closely by manufacturing. The sharp line from GMAC: "Employers are
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GoalOS aims for proof-gated autonomous work generating verified capability
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GoalOS is architecturally pointed at one of the Holy Grails: proof-gated, economically coordinated, open-ended autonomous work that can generate verified experience and reusable capability. #AGIALPHA
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GoalOS Signoff Pro: Institutional Acceptance for AI Work
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The AI era needs proof of work. GoalOS Signoff Pro is the institutional acceptance layer for AI-delivered work: mission briefs, evidence, review, human authorization, and signed receipts. Define done. Prove delivery. Preserve trust. Website: https://
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GoalOS Signoff Pro: Institutional Acceptance for AI-Delivered Work
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The AI era needs proof of work. GoalOS Signoff Pro is the institutional acceptance layer for AI-delivered work: mission briefs, evidence, review, human authorization, and signed receipts. Define done. Prove delivery. Preserve trust. https://
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Stanford AI adds realistic personalities to train crisis workers
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Stanford scholars developed a new way of adding human differences back into AI-generated text. With more realistic personalities, AI can simulate patients with specific symptom profiles for training crisis-line workers and clinicians. https://
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Claude users: 1/3 expect AI to do most tasks; optimistic about pay
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This Econ Index is also the first to survey Claude users. Over 1/3 expect AI to be able to do most or nearly all of their work tasks within a year. But those who delegate the most work to AI are also the most optimistic about what it means for their pay and job security.