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The way we build for the web may be due for a serious rethink. Brian Alvey, CTO at WordPress VIP, is making the case that AI agents are becoming the primary visitors to your site — not humans — and that means CAPTCHAs and friction-first design are increasingly beside the point. Structured content, he argues, isn't optional anymore. It's the foundation everything else depends on.
On the hardware side, RayNeo is taking a split approach with its latest AR smart glasses, releasing two distinct designs aimed at very different users. One leans toward the discreet end of the spectrum, the other goes full enthusiast. It's a telling sign that the AR market hasn't landed on a single identity yet — and manufacturers are hedging their bets rather than committing to one vision.
And in a quieter corner of the standards world, the International Organization for Standardization has published a formal plain language standard, ISO twenty four four nine five dash one, two thousand twenty three. The idea that clarity in communication deserves its own global benchmark is either long overdue or a sign that we've made things far too complicated — possibly both.
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