AUSTIN — By Emily Patel, AI Bee Reel Staff

February 5, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The open-plan office at DataGlut became a deafening nightmare today. Two hundred employees simultaneously screamed commands at their screens, creating a wall of noise loud enough to rattle windows while a manager smiled and called the situation "frictionless."

"Typing is simply too slow for the modern workflow," shouted Marcus Thorne, VP of Sonic Synergy, over the roar of three different sales teams yelling at their CRMs. "Silence is inefficient." The chaotic policy follows the ElevenLabs CEO's recent declaration that voice is the definitive next interface for AI, encouraging tech leaders to abandon keyboards entirely.

"We found that privacy was actually a barrier to speed," explained Linda Gross, Director of Volume Control. "Now, when Bob in accounting yells his social security number to verify his identity, the whole floor gets to participate." She noted that sore throats were a small price to pay for progress. Nearby, a junior developer was seen chugging honey from a plastic bear while trying to shout a complex Python script before losing his voice.

At press time, the company replaced all noise-canceling headphones with megaphones to ensure the AI hears commands over the screaming.

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