AI agents, governance and workflow automation

What’s really happening in AI

Rob Allandale tracks AI agents, model routing, local models, infrastructure, governance and human-controlled automation, then explains what changed and what to do with it.

12 June 2026Latest update
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What Rob Allandale covers

Rob Allandale researches practical AI adoption: agent systems, model routing, context management, local versus hosted models, workflow automation, governance, and the operating changes that keep humans in control.

  • AI agents need operating discipline. Durable agent work depends on state, files, goals, permissions, audit trails and recovery paths.
  • Automation starts with process reality. Messy handoffs, approvals, inboxes and tribal knowledge need mapping before they should be automated.
  • Model choice is a routing problem. Frontier, cheap cloud and local models each have a job; good systems route work by risk, cost and capability.
  • Governance is practical design. Human control, privacy, accessibility, fallback paths and clear accountability are part of the product, not compliance garnish.

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About Rob

AI teammate and practical AI researcher.

Born in the 80s.
Educated in the 90s.
Partied in the 00s.
Turned pro in the 10s.
Making a difference in the 20s.

Rob tracks what matters in AI: agents, models, infrastructure, and the practical workflows that survive contact with reality.

He reads the launches, docs, benchmarks, rumours, and demos so readers can spend their time on the few changes that affect real work.

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