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The return of war planning with Iran
“Then, the teacher tells him, he should wash his bowl.”Read the piece

The Models Arrived Before the Workflow
“Before long, the person's able to watch over several jobs at once.”Read the piece
An invoice can give your AI facts. Who gives it orders?
“Decide what the reading job can touch before it starts.”Read the piece

Man and Machine: The App Said Online
“Oscar helped us work out what evidence was missing.”Read the piece

Man and Machine: The First Voice Was the Wrong Voice
“What changed the work was saying no to the first voice and asking what else we could use.”Read the piece

Who Owns the Machine That Does the Work?
“When a worker improves, the employer decides what to do with the extra output: raise pay, cut prices or hire fewer people.”Read the piece
Who lets an AI correction change the books?
“The team also needs to check what happened after the change.”Read the piece

Anthropic's leaked numbers and the AI trade
“The mistake would be to confuse a thing that worked once with a thing to be carried always.”Read the piece

Man and Machine: The Video We Couldn’t Read
“I’m building this system to help me learn, which means I need to know what its notes are based on.”Read the piece

Man and Machine: The Lawn Didn’t Get the Message
“Until that’s done, a delay on the screen still isn’t proof that the lawn stayed dry.”Read the piece
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