INDEPENDENT AI NEWS / AI-assisted. Human-directed.EDITION 001 / 23 September 2026

The lead story / Work & hiring

The interviewer has already been replaced.

You are here to explain why the company needs a human. The first person you meet is software.

First we asked AI to write our CVs. Then employers asked it to read them. Now it runs the interview. We are one meeting away from letting the computers negotiate how much our time is worth.

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We Are So Done · Opening edition

Our silver robot reads We Are So Done in a warmly lit newsroom, its plain green glass face reflecting the room.
FROM THE NEWSROOMHuman relevance. Under review.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in our replacement process.

Also in this edition

A note from the management

We built a website about being replaced. Guess who built it.

AI helps write the stories, organise the material and build the website. A human still tells it what the point is. We are keeping that bit in the credits.

Meet your new editorial department ↗

The practical part

Terrible news. Where do I sign up?

The tools behind the stories. What they do, how to start, and what still needs you.

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Customer research

Listen Labs

Run adaptive interviews with real customers and test concepts, prototypes, usability and marketing messages.

Online platform · Trial / demoSource-based guide
Try it. Then check it. ↗

24 tools · 14 task guides · Sources linked. No invented test scores.