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Sunday, October 25, 2026

The intersection of technology and the liberal arts - and the coming shift to proactive agents.

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The intersection of technology and the liberal arts in San Francisco and New York

LEAD · THIS WEEK

AI Collusion Research Sprint

A three-day AI safety sprint running October 23-25, 2026, online and at Collider in New York City - a rare public window into how frontier safety work gets opened up.

createwith.com

Ideation & Prototyping

Eleven artists working with AI and generative systems revisit their earlier tools through new iterations - a living case study in the craft of re-use.

wp.nyu.edu

An[0]ther {AI} in Art: Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence

A New Museum event questioning how AI and the future of art-making are shaped - and by whom.

scienceandsociety.columbia.edu

The Future of Creativity: AI, Art & the Human Touch

An evening on creativity and art in the age of AI, hosted at Freepik's San Francisco space.

luma.com

AI Creative Festival

A festival celebrating the intersection of human imagination and artificial intelligence.

instagram.com

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Proactive agent direction in AI

LEAD · THE PUSH INTO PROACTIVE

Anthropic Unveils Claude Duet AI Agent App

Anthropic's proactive agent app is a direct push into always-on professional assistance - the clearest sign yet that helpers will act before they are asked.

reuters.com

Anthropic Launches Claude Duet to Compete in Consumer Market

The launch puts a proactive agent in direct competition with Meta and OpenAI in the consumer market.

247wallst.com

Anthropic Opens Research Preview of Proactive Agent Claude Duet

The research preview signals how early proactive agents are reaching users ahead of wide deployment.

cnbc.com

AI Update, October 23, 2026

Proactive agents could reduce manual coordination across CRM and business tools - the practical payoff most teams will feel first.

marketingprofs.com

The Next Era of Marketing AI Will Be Proactive

Proactive agents can monitor data and surface patterns without manual gathering - the shift from reactive dashboards to quiet, continuous attention.

forbes.com