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Former GitHub CEO Uses AI Agent to Monitor and Enforce Hydration

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I use AI for a lot of things, but this is a pretty bonkers anecdote from Nat Friedman, the former CEO of GitHub. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/too-much-happening-too-fast/687177/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=ntatl&utm_medium=social

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Many users reacted with disgust to the former GitHub CEO using an AI agent to monitor and enforce hydration, calling it a banal unnecessary nannying application that signals CEO insanity or human laziness.

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