Our company ‘hired’ 2 AI interns for 6 months. Here’s what we learned
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After marketing agency Codeword created two AI interns, Aiden and Aiko ...Read full articleFast Company: Our company ‘hired’ 2 AI interns for 6 months. Here’s what we learned
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