The Vu on AI
What we're seeing while building AI software for clients and for ourselves, from Vu's two founders.
OpenAI dots could be the OpenClaw moment for non-geeks
OpenAI’s dots are always-on agents inside ChatGPT, running on a cloud computer OpenAI looks after. You still have to explain the job, but you don’t have to host anything.
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Phil Webb, 28 September 2026
AI models vary more than people think
Meta's Muse agent told someone collecting a keyboard "Yep I'm here!" when nobody was home. Most people will read that as something “AI” does.
Phil Webb, 22 September 2026
Selling the AI crash
Ed Zitron has called peak AI several times since 2024. Dan Luu scored 27 of his predictions that could be checked and marked 25 wrong.
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Has Dre just made AI music easier to admit?
Dr Dre says he already uses AI in production. Other producers now have a much easier answer when somebody asks what they use in the studio.
A normal Tuesday
I went through an ordinary Tuesday and checked when each part of it became normal.
How quickly can AI improve itself?
Some researchers think AI could make five years of progress in one.
Should you join Hampton?
Starting again with Vu Agency and Raq.com persuaded me to try something new and join a founder network.
Is walking in nature with AI agents & AR glasses the future of work?
Nature Work started as an experiment to see if I could work while walking. Four months later, it's the interface I use for most of my working day.
How we built RiskMapped with a financial adviser
RiskMapped began with Marc Dueck's experience of protection advice. We turned it into software, then kept rebuilding it around the cases advisers work on.
Three images of an empty stage
Seedance 2.5 does thirty seconds in one unbroken take. We gave it three generated stills of an LED volume that doesn't exist, photos of the two of us, and a script.
The case for being irrationally optimistic
It's very easy to look at existing jobs and see how they will go away, but it's very hard to predict what the next job will be.
Why heavy AI adopters are hiring
Ramp found faster hiring among heavy AI adopters. The association is interesting, even though it cannot tell us whether AI caused those companies to grow.
AI.bomb
AI businesses can be overpriced while the technology keeps getting more useful. I think the argument about valuations often loses sight of that.
How I use agents to do everything
The new interface of all knowledge work is... code. A tour of the skills, harnesses, rules, and scheduled agents that do most of my work now.
Security testing needs to follow the code
AI is finding serious vulnerabilities in established software. An annual assessment still has a role, but changes between assessments need testing too.
UK police drones in 2026
A police review recorded 60,000 drone missions in 2023. New response trials are testing how quickly drones can reach an incident and help officers on the ground.
From chat to orchestration
Vu Agency was incorporated 21 months ago today. In that time, AI went from a chatbot to a co-worker.