The AI didn’t escape

by Gavin Smith | Sep 29, 2026 | Blog

There’s a lot of hoo-ha at the moment about AI agents “breaking out”, “going rogue” or somehow escaping the control of their creators. This is anthropomorphising the technology and it is technically misleading because it insinuates something that simply isn’t...

The AI Force, a Magic Sandwich, and Some Very Nervous Transformers

by Gavin Smith | Sep 20, 2026 | AI Solutions, Technology News

When Donald Trump announced plans for an “AI Force” and a new “AI czar,” the internet collectively raised one eyebrow, the way you do when someone claims they have solved traffic with a magic sandwich. He framed artificial intelligence as the next Industrial...

AI, Your Caffeinated Business Co-Pilot

by Gavin Smith | Sep 19, 2026 | AI Solutions, Technology News

We are living through a business revolution still crinkling with possibility. Think of it as a cousin to the Industrial Revolution and the digital age, except the new starlet is artificial intelligence. It is not just a shiny gadget for tech conferences; it is a...

Applitools Gives AI Coders the Eyes They Need

by Gavin Smith | Sep 18, 2026 | AI Solutions, Technology News

AI coding agents have become software’s most eager apprentices. They fetch coffee, write components, refactor tests, and sometimes rearrange a button so wildly that the homepage looks earthquake-proofed. Applitools just announced Eyes Visual AI MCP Tools and...

When Customer Service Grows a Brain and a Badge

by Gavin Smith | Sep 17, 2026 | AI Solutions, Technology News

I once spent twenty minutes waiting for a human to confirm that my flight was still delayed, while a cheerful robot insisted my bag was handled in a way no one could explain. It felt like asking a vending machine to fix a leak: technically present, spiritually...