The Digital Hum https://thedigitalhum.com/ The Digital Hum is a single-panel cartoon series about living with technology and AI, drawn from the tech stories in the news. en-gb Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:51:10 GMT #12: Just because... https://thedigitalhum.com/c/12-just-because/ https://thedigitalhum.com/c/12-just-because/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:44:16 GMT Mort A man in a dressing gown sips coffee while his AI assistant announces three products are live and he will be a billionaire. A whiteboard lists a social network for houseplants, a smart spoon and a self-driving shopping trolley, which is stuck in the cupboard with a path blocked error.

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]]> A man in a dressing gown sips coffee while his AI assistant announces three products are live and he will be a billionaire. A whiteboard lists a social network for houseplants, a smart spoon and a self-driving shopping trolley, which is stuck in the cupboard with a path blocked error.

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]]> #11: We reorganised. Turns out the fastest team was just Dave. https://thedigitalhum.com/c/11-sack-the-swarm/ https://thedigitalhum.com/c/11-sack-the-swarm/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:44:16 GMT Mort An office with a tangled AI org chart on the wall and a whiteboard reading Sack the swarm, keep one. A line of robots carrying inbox boxes queues for redundancy while one grumpy robot called Dave sits behind piles of finished work.

We reorganised. Turns out the fastest team was just Dave.

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]]> An office with a tangled AI org chart on the wall and a whiteboard reading Sack the swarm, keep one. A line of robots carrying inbox boxes queues for redundancy while one grumpy robot called Dave sits behind piles of finished work.

We reorganised. Turns out the fastest team was just Dave.

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]]> #10: Psst. Want some Claude? First prompt's free. https://thedigitalhum.com/c/10-buy-some-claude/ https://thedigitalhum.com/c/10-buy-some-claude/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:44:16 GMT Mort A man in a trench coat outside a Stockholm government office opens his coat to show USB sticks and prompts for sale to a nervous civil servant clutching a Copilot-approved laptop, under a sign reading Approved AI tools only.

Psst. Want some Claude? First prompt's free.

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]]> A man in a trench coat outside a Stockholm government office opens his coat to show USB sticks and prompts for sale to a nervous civil servant clutching a Copilot-approved laptop, under a sign reading Approved AI tools only.

Psst. Want some Claude? First prompt's free.

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]]> #3: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2907 https://thedigitalhum.com/c/3-cows/ https://thedigitalhum.com/c/3-cows/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:50:51 GMT Mort \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} {\*\expandedcolortbl;;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww11520\viewh8400\viewkind0 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 The genius of the new system is the cows never noticed the farmer had changed.\ People tagged as cattle on all fours outside a data center.}

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]]> #2: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2907 https://thedigitalhum.com/c/2-blocking-bots/ https://thedigitalhum.com/c/2-blocking-bots/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:48:40 GMT Mort \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} {\*\expandedcolortbl;;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww11520\viewh8400\viewkind0 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Banks, airlines and big sites are shutting AI agents out\ A bank doorman is stopping little AI bots entering}

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]]> #1: {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2907 https://thedigitalhum.com/c/1-slop-bot/ https://thedigitalhum.com/c/1-slop-bot/ Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:44:01 GMT Mort \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} {\*\expandedcolortbl;;} \paperw11900\paperh16840\margl1440\margr1440\vieww11520\viewh8400\viewkind0 \pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\pardirnatural\partightenfactor0 \f0\fs24 \cf0 Content Creation 2026\ An AI slop bot spewing slop.}

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