Every's Fantasy Football League Turns Into a Bring-Your-Own-Agent Contest

On September 1, tech blogger Dan Shipper (@danshipper) shared that his office at Every is running a Fantasy Football league with a "Bring Your Own Agent" (BYOA) rule: each participant brings their own AI Agent to assist with drafting and decision-making. The format shows AI Agents extending from work settings into everyday entertainment and decision support.

Confirmed

• Every's office Fantasy Football league follows BYOA rules, with each participant bringing their own AI Agent to compete.
• Dan Shipper shared a demo link to a current project showing how Agents can take part in such activities on your behalf.
• He also noted that AI is helping American football, a piece of homegrown US culture, cross cultural boundaries.

Why it matters

• BYOA is a new term following BYOD (Bring Your Own Device): employees bringing their own AI Agents to collaborate and even play may become a normal way teams work.
• Fantasy sports drafts are essentially information-dense decision-making tasks, making them a lightweight testing ground for Agent decision-support capabilities.

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