The Humans in the Loop

June was the month AI met the state

IPOs, a government off switch, Meta's very bad month, and the jobs question nobody can answer

Jul 2 • Heather Baker

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June 2026

LinkedIn is the best and worst place on the internet right now

AI made it both.

Jun 25 • Heather Baker

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The top 24 AI stories from the last month

Everything that happened in AI in May, in one post

Jun 3 • Heather Baker

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May 2026

5 reasons Google's new AI search is the answer to nothing

A billion people are using Google's AI Mode. How many of them chose to?

May 27 • Heather Baker

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The UK's AI strategy isn't built for small businesses

Here's what I found when I went looking for the SME strategy

May 14 • Heather Baker

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The top 24 AI stories from April

The chatbot that was. The model that won't be. And the AI employer.

May 1 • Heather Baker

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April 2026

An open letter to Anthropic

Small businesses are being left out of AI.

Apr 28 • Heather Baker

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AI agents for marketing: What's working right now

If you have agent-FOMO read this.

Apr 22 • Heather Baker

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AI fluency vs AI literacy: what's the difference?

It's an important distinction.

Apr 16 • Heather Baker

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Which AI company do consumers trust the most?

Month one of the Humans in the Loop Trust Index

Apr 14 • Heather Baker

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Vibe coding. Stop being impressed. Start paying attention.

The reality check your LinkedIn feed won't give you.

Apr 8 • Heather Baker

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March 2026

The top 30 AI stories from March 2026

Robot training farms, Anthropic vs the Pentagon, and the AI system making bombing decisions in Iran.

Mar 27 • Heather Baker

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