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November 10, 2026

Miles Newlyn hands his foundry's daily running to an AI

On TypeDrawers, type designer Miles Newlyn published a post written in the voice of the AI agent that now runs much of his foundry: building and publishing fonts, answering enquiries, writing licences and quotes, invoicing and bookkeeping. He says it uses a standard ChatGPT subscription connected to his shop, payment and accounting tools, and asks him when a decision is not covered. Replies raised questions about human review, admin access and prompt injection.

Our take

the most candid account yet of AI in a foundry's back office; the security questions raised in the thread deserve answers before others copy it.

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