AI That Hires Humans: Inside San Francisco’s Agent-Run Store
What Changed and Why It Matters An AI agent just went from prompts to payroll. Andon Labs launched Andon Market, a San Francisco retail store conceived and managed by an…
Why AI startups are hiring actors to build better training data
What Changed and Why It Matters AI training is shifting from scraped web text to consented human performance. Startups are recruiting actors—especially improv performers—to teach models emotion, tone, and timing.…
Augment, Not Replace: The Real Playbook for Human‑in‑the‑Loop AI
What Changed and Why It Matters Across public and private sectors, the center of gravity has moved. Leaders are no longer asking how to replace people with AI. They’re engineering…