Tag: AI Agents
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The Power of Choice: Rethinking Agency in the Age of AI
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: At the MIT Media Lab, few voices blend data science, social theory, and design for human agency as fluently as Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland. His talk at EmTechMIT, titled “The Power of Choice,” was not about the power of technology itself, but about how to realign it around the individual. Pentland offered…
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Building Customer Trust through AI
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: Brian O’Kelley, a pivotal figure in digital advertising since the early 2000s, opened his talk by observing that the very fabric of internet advertising is undergoing a seismic transformation as AI accelerates the death of traditional web channels. “Advertising is not going away anytime soon but the Web is already on its…
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From AI Assistants to Associates
EmTechMIT, Cambridge, MA: Sudheesh Nair, Cofounder & CEO of TinyFish, opened his talk with a bold premise: AI agents are approaching a pivotal transformation, ready to change the very shape of the Internet by evolving from simple assistants to fully capable “associates”, collaborators and actors that handle real-world tasks across domains like hospitality, commerce, and…