Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy.
This week, I’m focusing on how generative AI and agents might radically change websites. I also look at the “circular” arrangements that are financing the AI boom, and at Blackrock’s big move into data centers.
How AI and agents could completely change websites
At OpenAI’s developer event this week, the company had a lot to say about autonomous agents, the AI-powered helpers that can understand what a user needs (sometimes proactively) and then do the work of getting it. The common narrative this week based on OpenAI’s announcements is that the company is building a “platform”