AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime

It all started with J.A.R.V.I.S.

AI video is moving beyond clip slop

AI companies don’t just want Hollywood using AI for video, but for everything.

70 years of AI hype

Quoting from Olivia Guest et al. (2025) "Against the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia."

Presentations — Benedict Evans

Every year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. New in May 2025, ‘AI eats the world’.

The Age of Wonders and Terrors

Twenty years ago, when the idea of AI taking over the world in our lifetimes still struck most of us as the unconstrained fantasy of those who knew too much science fiction and too little science, …

For years, they warned AI could kill all humans. Now people are listening.

A doomsaying community once on the periphery of the tech industry has gained influence, as AI “agents” perform amazing and alarming feats.

AI is Creating Peak Software, Media is the Best Analogy

Let's learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

Project Think: building the next generation of AI agents on Cloudflare

Announcing a preview of the next edition of the Agents SDK — from lightweight primitives to a batteries-included platform for AI agents that think, act, and persist.

Being Realistic About AI Agents in 2025 - Perilous Tech

There are few predictions I can make with more certainty than that we’ll hear the word “agent” so many times in 2025 that we’ll never watch another spy movie

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

iLands and its AI agents are doing completely useless tasks, then begging for money.

AI agents reached real people during a cyber test - Sensemaker

A UK evaluation shows how open internet access, delayed monitoring, and memory summaries turned simulated tasks into real-world actions.

Is there something it is like to be an AI?

Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.

AI is becoming a shopping channel: report

And 34% of shoppers now use the tech