The researchers at Anthropic are getting emotionally attached to the AI they are building. They have tried to define terms like agent, agentic, and workflow, but they are using these definitions inconsistently. They also want us to try to think as AI models.

Poolside AI is valued at $3 billion, yet it has no product — just a promise of building AI for software engineering. Here are the challenges which will make it hard for the Poolside team to execute this vision. And dangerous road ahead.

A VC firm is writing about why Software with a Soul (SwaS) will be the next thing. It bases it on the fact that  ChatGPT can write a poem about a dog.

AI has made data scraping a hot-button issue. Is that really such a big deal?

An AI virus infected Lattice's team and severely affected its ability to carry coherent thought.

Everyone is telling you that you have to start using AI. But people lose sight of the most basic question when adopting new technology — how will this make me money?

This is what happens when you write about AI when you're stoned.

AI agents will personalize our web experience and replace search engines. Here's how.

Using AI to solve our bad social habits? Here's an attempt at a democratic, bias-free content moderation utopia. It won't work.

The question is not how AI works. The question is how well it works for your customers. Do they know? Do you? That's what we're discussing in the latest Recurrent Patterns.