1. Salesforce Unveils Agentforce 360, a Unified Enterprise AI Agent Platform
Salesforce’s new all-in-one platform streamlines the creation, testing, and deployment of AI agents—melding natural-language builder tools, human-readable “Agent Script,” and voice interfaces into a single ecosystem that reimagines how teams collaborate with intelligent assistants in Slack, telephony, and beyond.
“Agentforce Builder… enabling users to build agents using natural language and test them interactively with live previews.” (itpro.com)
2. Generative AI Has Access to a Small Slice of Human Knowledge
Cornell University research reveals how today’s GenAI systems, trained on a predominantly Western, digitized corpus, risk cementing entrenched epistemic imbalances—highlighting the urgent need to acknowledge what these models can’t know.
“Acknowledging that I don’t know might be the most honest place to start.” (aeon.co)
3. Technology Starts with Imagination, Not Analysis
Jon Turney makes the case for design fiction as the crucible of technological change, showing how speculative artifacts—from cultured-meat mock-ups to sci-fi prototypes—invite richer debates and more humane futures than dry cost-benefit studies.
“Every technology starts with a story.” (aeon.co)
4. Jony Ive Says He Wants His OpenAI Devices to ‘Make Us Happy’
At OpenAI’s Dev Day, Sam Altman and design legend Jony Ive sketched a visionary hardware line—screenless, sensor-driven devices aimed at emotional well-being rather than productivity, promising “the coolest piece of technology the world will have ever seen.”
“the coolest piece of technology the world will have ever seen.” (wired.com)
5. The Best New Typefaces for October 2025
A curated look at this month’s standout releases—where mid-century grotesques meet experimental serifs—demonstrating how disciplined structural systems can yield unexpected warmth and expressivity in contemporary type design.
“One of the major themes for this type this month appears to be the tension between systematic construction and expressive character.” (creativeboom.com)