AI wants a place in your holiday traditions

Holiday magic is getting a user interface. Pay-per-minute Santa calls, emoji-made videos, and AI elves caught on camera — all wrapped in tinsel

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I tried to do a normal December thing: talk to Santa. Not mall-Santa, the guy from my childhood whose whole brand is a warm chuckle. Not office-party Santa. Not the guy who looks like he’s one rent hike away from shaving the beard and going back on LinkedIn. I mean the Santa who lives in the soft, irrational part of my brain that still half-believes in impossible logistics. The one who knows my name. The one who makes a list. The one who checks it twice.

This Santa, though, asked for microphone permission.

I opened........

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