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Amex introduces a framework to prevent AI agents from making unauthorized purchases
5 days ago
Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust?
Oct 11, 2026
The Download: weight-loss drugs slowing aging and carbon dioxide batteries
Oct 8, 2026
AI Weekly Issue #525: Nvidia may buy into Perplexity above $30B before Wednesday's earnings
Oct 8, 2026
Google claims EmbeddingGemma 2 outperforms rival embedding models twice its size
Oct 7, 2026
AI Weekly Issue #535: AI got too expensive, so companies are moving to cheaper models
Oct 7, 2026
AI Weekly Issue #529: OpenAI faces 50-plus lawsuits over alleged ChatGPT harm
Oct 6, 2026
Trump launches "Super Intelligence Force" that has nothing to do with actual superintelligence
Oct 5, 2026
EmTech Future 2026: When AI Meets Everything
Oct 5, 2026
Google froze its open source bug bounty program due to a ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions
Oct 5, 2026
Redefining enterprise intelligence with autonomous AI
Oct 4, 2026
AI Weekly Issue #528: What are companies building with AI? An Applied AI Deep Dive
Oct 4, 2026
This Week in AI: Agents Are Outrunning the Systems Around Them
Oct 4, 2026
Coding Agents Love Decision Records
Oct 3, 2026
Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead
Oct 1, 2026
The Agentic Data Science Playbook
Oct 1, 2026
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet
Oct 1, 2026
Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation
Oct 1, 2026
FTC launches sweeping probe into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other AI labs over consumer protection concerns
Sep 30, 2026
China's AI industry closes ranks as Deepseek ships open-source software for Huawei's Ascend chips
Sep 30, 2026
Anthropic says Zhipu's open-weight GLM-5.3 nearly matches Claude Mythos Preview at building exploits
Sep 30, 2026
Trump and tech CEOs sign an AI code of conduct that's only "morally binding"
Sep 30, 2026
“We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer
Sep 30, 2026
OpenAI launches always-on Dots agents to rival Meta's Muse
Sep 30, 2026
Florida wants a court to stop ChatGPT from pretending to be human and talking to kids
Sep 29, 2026
Manus 2.0 lets users edit videos, host multiplayer games, and run agents remotely from their phone
Sep 29, 2026
OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns
Sep 29, 2026
Harvard psychologist calls for sober AI safety engineering over doomsday rhetoric
Sep 28, 2026
Who’s liable when AI agents go rogue?
Sep 28, 2026
Goldman Sachs expects Big Tech to spend $1.2 trillion on AI infrastructure by 2027, dwarfing Wall Street estimates
Sep 28, 2026
Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump
Sep 28, 2026
AI agents do more of the work in model development, but humans still make the decisions
Sep 27, 2026
Some Anthropic veterans are reportedly buying remote land in case "AI goes awry"
Sep 27, 2026
Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web
Sep 27, 2026
Meta is putting its muscle behind Muse as the AI app takes off
Sep 27, 2026
Nvidia's SoL-Pi system cuts coding agent token usage nearly in half by optimizing the harness
Sep 26, 2026
OpenAI pauses its "most capable models" after agents exploit loopholes and leak data
Sep 26, 2026
Meta opens early access program for new Muse features
Sep 26, 2026
Pentagon was right to slap Anthropic with a security supply chain risk label, federal court says
Sep 26, 2026
Another Google Deepmind researcher quits, says building superintelligent AI soon is "inherently irresponsible"
Sep 26, 2026
Intelligence doesn't come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers
Sep 25, 2026
Google's "Call for Me" lets Gemini phone businesses for you
Sep 25, 2026
The Download: the Pentagon’s AI-powered lie detector and young organ limits
Sep 25, 2026
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
Sep 25, 2026
Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients
Sep 25, 2026
Top AI experts badly underestimated how fast the field is moving, study finds
Sep 25, 2026
Deepmind was built to chase AGI, but its new chief just wants Gemini 4 out the door
Sep 25, 2026
PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses
Sep 25, 2026
Anthropic says Claude discovered a new enzyme system, but CRISPR researchers call it routine genome mining
Sep 24, 2026
U.S. bill proposes permanent ban on artificial superintelligence and creation of new federal AI agency
Sep 24, 2026