rich 1.0 Along with new AI agents and tools, Meta Platforms, OpenAI, and Anthropic are rolling out mascots. It’s part of an effort to put a cuddlier face on AI tools (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech-companies-roll-out-cuddly-mascots-to-ease-ai-anxiety-02e163fd?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) amid the rise in anxieties about the technology. WSJ advertising editor Suzanne Vranica (https://www.wsj.com/news/author/suzanne-vranica?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) joins to discuss how fuzzy little guys could help make the technology feel less scary to skeptics. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter (https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_TNBPOD) . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. Tech News Briefing https://audioboom.com/channels/2358976-tech-news-briefing Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/8155890/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8961999/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>