A morning at Toyota's heritage collection and talking to the Guild of Motoring Writers about AI and journalism – what the room made of it and what they asked told me quite a lot about where we actually are with all of this.

The UK government's ban on social media for under-16s won't be easy to enforce, and it won't be enough on its own. But as a first step – a line drawn, a norm shifted – it's the right call. My reflections as a school governor, a grandfather, and a long-time watcher of this debate.

I've never found a good way to capture thoughts on the move. The Plaud Note – and its Claude integration – might finally have solved that. This post started as a voice recording. That's the point.

The biggest change in AI over the past few years may not be the quality of the output. It may be the quality of the interaction. What happens when working with AI starts to feel less like prompting and more like conversation?

Pope Leo XIV's "Magnifica Humanitas" argues that AI is not morally neutral, that justice must shape these systems from the outset, and that human dignity is the non-negotiable standard. The Pope's first encyclical makes the case with considerable force.

Tony Blair's new essay on Labour's future is uncomfortable reading. Some question whether his voice still matters. But he has nothing left to protect, which is precisely why his argument – whatever you think of the man – deserves to be taken seriously.

Billable hours are becoming less useful as a yardstick. McKinsey's clients are demanding outcome-based fees. The same pressure is coming for communicators – sooner than many expect.

Deloitte. Sullivan & Cromwell. Now EY. Three organisations, three contexts, the same essential failure. At some point, the pattern becomes the story – and the story isn't about AI hallucinations.