
- Alibaba Cloud Bets on France as Europe Seeks More Control Over AI
Alibaba Cloud opened two Paris availability zones as European enterprises weigh data sovereignty, resilience, and AI infrastructure needs. The post Alibaba Cloud Bets on France as Europe Seeks More Control Over AI appeared first on… Read more: Alibaba Cloud Bets on France as Europe Seeks More Control Over AI - Anthropic Sued for Allegedly Ripping Off Its Highest-Paying Customers
An angry customer is suing Anthropic on behalf of all users of its priciest subscription tiers. In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, Karl Kahn accuses the Claude AI maker of misleading customers about the usage… Read more: Anthropic Sued for Allegedly Ripping Off Its Highest-Paying Customers - People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness?
The rise of chatbots disrupts traditional ideas of community. Ying-Chieh Lee/Kingston School of Art/betterimagesofai.org, CC BY Can technology really replace human relationships? As philosophy scholars who focus on human happiness and on artificial intelligence (AI),… Read more: People are marrying holograms and making friends with chatbots. But can AI bring true happiness? - Securden Expands Identity Platform with AI Agent Security and Governance
The unified platform combines AI discovery, runtime security enforcement, shadow AI control, identity and privilege control, and continuous red teaming. Uniquely integrates AI security into a broader identity security architecture to manage human, machine, and AI identities… Read more: Securden Expands Identity Platform with AI Agent Security and Governance - Tigera Launches Lynx, a Unified Control Plane for Kubernetes-native AI Agents
Built on a decade of deep Kubernetes Network Security experience, Lynx gives AI, platform, security, and compliance teams one place to discover, authenticate, authorize, govern, and audit every AI agent — with no agent code… Read more: Tigera Launches Lynx, a Unified Control Plane for Kubernetes-native AI Agents - Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains
Computer vision deployments are driving retail productivity gains as operators automate physical shelf tracking to protect eroding margins. This hardware deployment directly addresses the persistent in-store execution failures currently costing the industry billions. A study… Read more: Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains - 3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers
The software engineers filed a complaint with Seattle’s civil rights office accusing Amazon of illegally retaliating against them for expressing their personal - If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’
In a viral essay about how ludicrous the idea that LLMs are conscious is, science fiction writer Ted Chiang asked us to consider Microsoft Word: “Being open to the possibility that LLMs are conscious is… Read more: If AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’ - Anthropic Adds Brand Controls, Code Sync to Claude Design
Anthropic updated Claude Design with design system imports, Claude Code syncing, canvas editing, and more export options for enterprise teams. The post Anthropic Adds Brand Controls, Code Sync to Claude Design appeared first on TechRepublic. - ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
Marc Isaacs’ film Synthetic Sincerity may look like a documentary, but its fictional premise – a lab that scrapes movies to harvest human emotions – shines a hard light on just how far AI can… Read more: ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton - Cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, 56, is first former ISS crew member to die
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including during the final US space shuttle mission in 2011, has died at the age of 56. With… Read more: Cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, 56, is first former ISS crew member to die - Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real
If you Google “SCP-565” — an iconic entry in the collaborative fan fiction universe known as the “SCP Foundation” — the company’s AI Overviews describes the nonexistent entity as though it were entirely real, without… Read more: Google’s AI Overviews Feature Is Telling Users That SCP Horror Fiction Entities Are Real - How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills
Citizens attend a City Council hearing in Pocatello, Idaho, to discuss the prospect of a new $2.6 billion data center in their community. Natalie Behring/Getty Images As the race to build data centers across the… Read more: How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills - Salesforce’s Internal AI Leaderboard Has Teams Competing for Little Trophies
Salesforce has an internal dashboard which tracks each team’s use of AI, including which teams are using specific tools such as ChatGPT and how much, with the company also handing out digital badges that describe… Read more: Salesforce’s Internal AI Leaderboard Has Teams Competing for Little Trophies - The US AI rulebook is being rewritten. Your compliance team can’t wait
America’s AI regulatory landscape just had a month that made legal counsel everywhere reach for stronger coffee. Colorado’s landmark AI Act, once celebrated as the country’s first comprehensive state AI law, was gutted and replaced… Read more: The US AI rulebook is being rewritten. Your compliance team can’t wait - Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You
AI has wormed its way into every crevice of the 2026 World Cup. It’s dreaming up sloppified soccer jerseys, collating thousands of on-field data points, and even guarding venues in the form of robot surveillance… Read more: Sports Journalists Asked Microsoft’s Copilot to Predict World Cup Matches, and the Results May Surprise You - Token Extends Biometric Assured Identity to Secure AI Agents
New hard gate architecture protects enterprises from hijacked agents and well-meaning rogue agents by requiring verified human biometric approval before high-consequence actions Token, the leader in biometric assured identity, today announced the expansion of its… Read more: Token Extends Biometric Assured Identity to Secure AI Agents - AppViewX Announced the Launch of Agent Identity Security
Agent Identity Security combines AI agent governance with a native PKI foundation, directly targeting ungoverned AI agents, enterprise security’s fastest-growing blind spot AppViewX today announced Agent Identity Security, a new product within the AppViewX platform that discovers,… Read more: AppViewX Announced the Launch of Agent Identity Security - Aembit Extends IAM for Agentic AI to Microsoft Copilot Studio
Aembit on Tuesday announced support for Copilot Studio, extending its identity and access management capabilities to Microsoft’s enterprise AI agent platform. The integration, unveiled at Identiverse 2026, gives security teams the tools to manage what Copilot… Read more: Aembit Extends IAM for Agentic AI to Microsoft Copilot Studio - EvoluteIQ Brings Its AI-Native Platform to Google Cloud with eiq360
Powered by Google Cloud and Gemini, eiq360 gives organisations already invested in Google Cloud, or actively exploring it, a native way to design, deploy, and operate enterprise applications and business processes through natural language, without… Read more: EvoluteIQ Brings Its AI-Native Platform to Google Cloud with eiq360 - The US Military Has Been Using Elon Musk’s Grok AI to Bomb Iran
In the early days of the US and Israeli war on Iran, situation monitors were abuzz at the revelation that the Pentagon had used top large language models to identify targets for annihilation via air… Read more: The US Military Has Been Using Elon Musk’s Grok AI to Bomb Iran - AI saves time – so why does it make us feel guilty?
Productivity guilt is the uneasy sense that time saved through technology has to be justified. Drazen Zigic / Shutterstock We have built tools that save us hours in work. So why do so many people… Read more: AI saves time – so why does it make us feel guilty? - Could cosmic memory explain dark matter, dark energy, and black holes?
A new theory suggests the universe is constantly recording its own history in the fabric of spacetime. If correct, this cosmic memory could help solve some of the biggest puzzles in physics, from black holes… Read more: Could cosmic memory explain dark matter, dark energy, and black holes? - Innovative Solutions Announced the Release of DarcyIQ Anywhere
New release delivers governed organizational knowledge through open MCP standards through Customer Intelligence, Project Portal, and Cognitive Equivalent Time reporting Innovative Solutions, the fastest growing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Tier Services Partner that delivers AI and… Read more: Innovative Solutions Announced the Release of DarcyIQ Anywhere - HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud
HSBC has entered a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to develop and deploy artificial intelligence tools across its global operations. Announced at Google Cloud Summit London 2026, the agreement covers work in wealth management, financial… Read more: HSBC expands AI banking partnership with Google Cloud - Office workers of the world unite: it’s time to revive the three-martini lunch | Andrea Javor
The three-martini lunch allowed us to mix business and pleasure, a phenomenon that is missing during the AI boom As a 46-year-old executive who now has both people and AI agents reporting to me on… Read more: Office workers of the world unite: it’s time to revive the three-martini lunch | Andrea Javor - Microsoft sells OpenAI models in China. OpenAI and Anthropic won’t.
Microsoft has quietly become the main supplier of OpenAI models in China, selling the technology to the country’s largest internet companies even as OpenAI and Anthropic keep their own models out of the market on… Read more: Microsoft sells OpenAI models in China. OpenAI and Anthropic won’t. - Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
We’re about six weeks out from the debut of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home. It’s been five years since Spidey graced the big screen, so naturally Sony Pictures has… Read more: Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer - Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate
As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence In 2024, the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announced that it would cut hundreds of customer service roles and begin using… Read more: Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate - Kong Announces Insomnia and Kong Konnect Integration
The integration brings API discovery, governance, and automation into a single workflow Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, today announced the integration of Insomnia 13 with Kong Konnect, the unified API… Read more: Kong Announces Insomnia and Kong Konnect Integration - The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway. - Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, according to an announcement from Cuprina Holdings, a Singapore-based company that has dubbed its new therapeutic… Read more: Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy - The Korean Telecom Giant at the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
Days before Anthropic took its most advanced AI models offline, the White House ordered the company to revoke SK Telecom’s access to Claude Mythos over claims of alleged ties to China. - Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct”
Tesco, a retail conglomerate headquartered in the United Kingdom, is moving 40,000 server workloads off of VMware amid “abusive conduct” from Broadcom, recent legal filings claim. Tesco filed a lawsuit in the UK’s High Court… Read more: Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom’s “abusive conduct” - Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world’s largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle, Chevron, Lenovo, Federal Express, a NATO defense… Read more: Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks - California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network
California state regulators say AT&T lied to the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to shut off its old copper phone network without providing an adequate replacement. “AT&T asserts that California seeks to prohibit or… Read more: California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network - Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
Quantum computing news usually picks up near the end of the year, as companies try to provide evidence that they are hitting benchmarks on time. However, there have been interesting announcements as the summer starts… Read more: Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028. - New study shows 1 in 7 people have been victims of sextortion – and AI is making it worse
The Australian eSafety Commissioner recently launched a new campaign to raise awareness of sexual extortion, or “sextortion”. Targeted primarily at men, the campaign features AI-generated videos of attractive women attempting to lure men into financial… Read more: New study shows 1 in 7 people have been victims of sextortion – and AI is making it worse - Australia risks losing its ‘corporate brain’ if more high-value jobs keep being sent offshore
This year, some of Australia’s biggest and best known companies – Telstra, National Australia Bank (NAB), Officeworks and Woolworths – have decided to cut jobs locally, while creating more overseas. Those will mainly be in… Read more: Australia risks losing its ‘corporate brain’ if more high-value jobs keep being sent offshore - Sovereign AI? Anthropic shutdown reveals Canada’s weakness
The United States government recently ordered AI company Anthropic to suspend foreign nationals’ access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, two of its most advanced AI models, citing national security concerns. Anthropic responded by disabling… Read more: Sovereign AI? Anthropic shutdown reveals Canada’s weakness - Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Confirms Security Incident After $25M Hacker Demand
Hackers claim they stole 1.3TB of Novo Nordisk data, including clinical trial and AI model information, after issuing a $25 million demand. The post Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Confirms Security Incident After $25M Hacker Demand… Read more: Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Confirms Security Incident After $25M Hacker Demand - Apple to Merge Private Mail Domains for Sign In and Hide My Email
Apple will move new Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email relay addresses to private.icloud.com, requiring developer updates. The post Apple to Merge Private Mail Domains for Sign In and Hide My Email appeared… Read more: Apple to Merge Private Mail Domains for Sign In and Hide My Email - Modernizing Meeting Spaces: How Agentic Control and Intelligent Framing Redefine Hybrid Work
Neat is using agentic AI, intelligent framing, and flexible room modes to turn passive video endpoints into “thinking spaces,” giving IT a blueprint to modernize meeting rooms for hybrid work. The post Modernizing Meeting Spaces:… Read more: Modernizing Meeting Spaces: How Agentic Control and Intelligent Framing Redefine Hybrid Work - IBM Report: Most EMEA Executives Don’t Fully Understand Their AI Dependencies
IBM research finds many EMEA executives lack visibility into AI dependencies, raising risks around cost, outages, vendor lock-in, and sovereignty. The post IBM Report: Most EMEA Executives Don’t Fully Understand Their AI Dependencies appeared first… Read more: IBM Report: Most EMEA Executives Don’t Fully Understand Their AI Dependencies - In game theory, generalists sometimes win out over specialists
Whether you’re playing poker against a single opponent or find yourself in a bidding war over a home purchase with another prospective buyer, you are operating under conditions of imperfect information. You know what cards… Read more: In game theory, generalists sometimes win out over specialists - AI coding agents can autonomously direct robot training
What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks? The agents can apparently figure out a… Read more: AI coding agents can autonomously direct robot training - “Dangerous” AI models are coming no matter what
Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States government export-control directive barring “any foreign national” from using the services. The company has been… Read more: “Dangerous” AI models are coming no matter what - The Slate Truck’s price may have leaked, starts at $24,950
One of the most hotly anticipated electric vehicles makes its formal debut next week. It’s the Blank Slate, a refreshingly simple pickup truck EV designed by Slate Auto, which is trying to take some of… Read more: The Slate Truck’s price may have leaked, starts at $24,950 - Operating a Humanoid With Your Body Is a Hot Job in China’s Hardware Capital
In Shenzhen, workers at IO-AI Tech control humanoid robots using a VR rig reminiscent of Ready Player One. - Snap’s Stock Plunges the Moment It Reveals Its Comically Gigantic AR Glasses
After losing $40 million on a failed attempt to launch a pair of video-recording sunglasses almost a decade ago, and several follow-up iterations failing to catch on either, Snapchat parent company Snap is doubling down… Read more: Snap’s Stock Plunges the Moment It Reveals Its Comically Gigantic AR Glasses - Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved
As if things couldn’t get any worse for Tesla in Europe, traffic safety researchers now say they’ve caught the company cooking numbers they gave to regulators in order to get its “Full Self-Driving” system approved.… Read more: Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved - “Truly evil” FDA rejection of gene therapy overturned after Trump official ousted
A gene therapy for Huntington’s disease has a new path toward approval from the Food and Drug Administration after the ouster of several Trump officials, particularly Vinay Prasad, who rejected the therapy in a shocking… Read more: “Truly evil” FDA rejection of gene therapy overturned after Trump official ousted - Towers once planned for California shuttle launches leveled for SpaceX rockets
One of the United States’ most storied space launch sites has been cleared of its decades-old support towers, making way for modern rockets to use the pad. Space Launch Complex-6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force… Read more: Towers once planned for California shuttle launches leveled for SpaceX rockets - Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder
Good things take time, but not all things that take time are good. The jury is still out on the Google Home Speaker, but it certainly took a while to arrive. After announcing its new… Read more: Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder - The White House Wants Anthropic to Block All Jailbreaks. That May Not Be Possible
Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model’s guardrails can’t be circumvented. Security experts say that can’t be done. - ‘Alexa, tell me a joke’: how talking to AI impacts young children’s development
Sharomka/Shutterstock Children are innately curious, and throughout any given day they come up with all manner of questions: Why don’t fish have hair? Why do flowers wilt so quickly? Their need to understand the world… Read more: ‘Alexa, tell me a joke’: how talking to AI impacts young children’s development - Microsoft’s Copilot AI Caught Letting Hackers Steal Your 2FA Codes Through a Single Click
Earlier this month, Meta’s AI chatbot support assistant feature was caught in an embarrassing cybersecurity incident: the bot was happily obliging when hackers asked it for access to other people’s Instagram profiles. The hackers didn’t… Read more: Microsoft’s Copilot AI Caught Letting Hackers Steal Your 2FA Codes Through a Single Click - Is your most capable AI agent also your biggest data leak?
There is a trap buried inside every enterprise AI deployment, and the more useful the agent, the deeper you fall into it. A paper published in April 2026 by researchers from Microsoft and Huazhong University… Read more: Is your most capable AI agent also your biggest data leak? - Can an AI agent run the entire scientific method without human supervision?
I bet you can imagine a researcher who runs an experiment, fails, and then forgets everything that led to the failure. The next attempt starts fresh, with no memory of what was tried or why… Read more: Can an AI agent run the entire scientific method without human supervision? - On the brink of extinction, the vaquita gets a digital lifeline
Scientists have digitally preserved the world’s most endangered marine mammal by creating highly detailed 3D models of a vaquita skeleton using advanced imaging technology. The virtual archive provides an unprecedented look at the species and… Read more: On the brink of extinction, the vaquita gets a digital lifeline - Scientists discover spider that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus
Scientists have discovered a new Amazonian spider with an astonishing disguise: it looks like a parasitic fungus. The species, Taczanowskia waska, mimics both the appearance and behavior of the fungus, helping it stay hidden from… Read more: Scientists discover spider that disguises itself as a parasitic fungus - Humans may have hidden regenerative powers
Scientists have taken a surprising step toward unlocking regeneration in mammals, showing that the ability to rebuild complex body parts may not be lost after all—it may simply be switched off. Using a two-stage treatment,… Read more: Humans may have hidden regenerative powers - ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be purchasing records related to immigrants’ tax identifiers from a data broker, potentially skirting a court order that banned ICE from sourcing such information, according to Senator Ron… Read more: ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker - Podcast: The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones
We start this week with Joseph’s story about the FCC’s wild proposal to require peoples’ government ID numbers to even get a phone plan. The FCC is doing it to curb robocalls, but also said… Read more: Podcast: The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones - The Gemini-Powered Google Home Speaker Is Finally Here
Arriving six years after Google’s last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot. - I had a blood clot. An AI diagnosis may have saved my life | Gleb Tsipursky
An AI tool is no replacement for a doctor, and regulation is essential. But together, physicians and AI could prove beneficial A calf cramp should not be a brush with death. Mine almost was. For… Read more: I had a blood clot. An AI diagnosis may have saved my life | Gleb Tsipursky - Digimarc Expands AI Content Verification Across Ecosystems
New Integrations Bring Security and Governance Capabilities to the Leading Agentic Platforms Powering Autonomous Enterprise AI Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), a pioneer in digital identity and authentication solutions, today announced that it is extending its… Read more: Digimarc Expands AI Content Verification Across Ecosystems - Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near
The clock is ticking for Windows and Linux users to update cryptographic keys that protect their systems against firmware-based UEFI infections, a pernicious form of malware that loads before operating system and anti-malware protections start.… Read more: Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near - Native NACS ports, infotainment upgrade for MY27 Porsche Taycan
Has the allure of the Porsche Taycan waned? The four door electric sedan that thinks it is GT sold well for the first few years after its initial introduction in 2020, but sales began to slip… Read more: Native NACS ports, infotainment upgrade for MY27 Porsche Taycan - Google Cloud generative AI automates council planning operations
Government ministries are deploying Google Cloud generative AI across municipal agencies to automate council planning operations. Public sector administration handles vast volumes of unstructured data that delay infrastructure development. The UK central government established a… Read more: Google Cloud generative AI automates council planning operations - Will it take a ‘Chernobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate cyber weapons of mass destruction? | Stuart Russell
Unrestrained development of unsafe AI systems is leading to intolerable risks Stuart Russell is a computer scientist known for his contributions to AI and a new Guardian US columnist The AI company Anthropic has been… Read more: Will it take a ‘Chernobyl-scale disaster’ for us to regulate cyber weapons of mass destruction? | Stuart Russell - The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding | Arwa Mahdawi
A character bearing that name appears in a remarkable number of chatbot-generated stories. He could be a messenger from the future – or a warning that generative AI is in danger of ‘model collapse’ Ever… Read more: The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding | Arwa Mahdawi - Scientists say most of what’s in your food is still a mystery
Scientists are beginning to explore a hidden world of thousands of food chemicals that go far beyond the nutrients listed on nutrition labels. This “nutritional dark matter” may hold the key to understanding disease risk,… Read more: Scientists say most of what’s in your food is still a mystery - New plasma trick could unlock smaller, more powerful computer chips
A new technique could solve one of the biggest challenges in making future computer chips from ultrathin materials. Researchers found that coating molybdenum disulfide with oxygen or fluorine lets manufacturers remove just the top layer… Read more: New plasma trick could unlock smaller, more powerful computer chips - Superconductivity breakthrough could unlock ultra-efficient electronics
A clever nanoscale redesign may have solved one of superconductivity’s biggest problems. Researchers in Sweden discovered that by subtly sculpting the surface beneath an ultrathin superconducting material, they could make it stay superconducting at higher… Read more: Superconductivity breakthrough could unlock ultra-efficient electronics - Onix Announced the Launch of Wingspan in Europe
Next-generation semantic intelligence platform accelerates enterprise AI modernization by 3X while ensuring strict compliance for regulated industries. Onix today announced the European launch of Wingspan, its next-generation enterprise agentic AI and semantic intelligence platform. Designed to help… Read more: Onix Announced the Launch of Wingspan in Europe - Airia Wins of AI Governance Platform Award in 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards
Enterprise AI platform recognized for unified approach to AI security and governance Airia, the control plane for enterprise AI, today announced it has been selected as a winner in the 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards, earning… Read more: Airia Wins of AI Governance Platform Award in 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards - Lovelytics Wins Two Databricks 2026 Partner of the Year, 5th Year Running
Lovelytics named C&SI Energy and Utilities Partner of the Year and Brickbuilder Partner of the Year, recognized for delivering category-defining, repeatable AI solutions that accelerate time-to-value Databricks Data + AI Summit – Lovelytics, a leading Databricks… Read more: Lovelytics Wins Two Databricks 2026 Partner of the Year, 5th Year Running - Ceros Launches Unified Identity and Governance for AI Agents
Agentic AI Trust Layer Secures Autonomous AI Agents Ceros, the agentic AI trust layer, launched today as the industry’s first trust layer purpose-built for autonomous AI agents. Enterprises are adopting AI agents at record speed,… Read more: Ceros Launches Unified Identity and Governance for AI Agents - The US government can shut off access to AI at will. What does this mean for Australia?
Othman Alghanmi / Unsplash Last Friday, US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic received an “export control” directive from its government. The company was told it must block access to two of its most capable models,… Read more: The US government can shut off access to AI at will. What does this mean for Australia? - Ping Identity Expands AI Agent Security Across Major Clouds
New integrations extend continuous authorization and policy enforcement into cloud and edge environments where AI agents are built, deployed, and operated Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world’s largest enterprises, today… Read more: Ping Identity Expands AI Agent Security Across Major Clouds - Could AI tell you where you left your keys?
An auto factory worker can remember the storage bin where she left a partly assembled component the night before, and quickly return to that spot to pick it up. But robots that may work side-by-side… Read more: Could AI tell you where you left your keys? - Your AI habit is wasting precious resources. Here’s how to use it responsibly
Mukesh Sharma/Unsplash If someone used a large truck to deliver one envelope across the street, what would your reaction be? You would probably say it worked, but it was wasteful. The envelope arrived, but the… Read more: Your AI habit is wasting precious resources. Here’s how to use it responsibly - SpaceX to acquire vibe coding startup Cursor for $60B
Newly public SpaceX Corp. today announced plans to acquire Cursor, the developer of a popular vibe coding platform, for $60 billion in stock. The companies expect to close the transaction by the end of the… Read more: SpaceX to acquire vibe coding startup Cursor for $60B - Bland raises $50M to automate complex, high-stakes phone calls
Voice artificial intelligence startup Bland today revealed that it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand its research, grow its engineering team and scale its platform into more regulated industries. Founded in 2023,… Read more: Bland raises $50M to automate complex, high-stakes phone calls - The AGI moment? Databricks’ new releases zero in on support and deployment of AI agents
Major enterprise platform companies are racing to build tools for a new class of users: artificial intelligence agents. One example of this was apparent today with the latest releases from Databricks Inc. The company unveiled… Read more: The AGI moment? Databricks’ new releases zero in on support and deployment of AI agents - Databricks’ new agentic coworker Genie One brings AI automation to every part of the business
Big data company Databricks Inc. is getting into the agentic artificial intelligence coworker game with the launch of a new tool called Genie One, aimed at helping business teams orchestrate workflows and automate work-related tasks.… Read more: Databricks’ new agentic coworker Genie One brings AI automation to every part of the business - Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware. During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this… Read more: Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry - Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI’s gas turbines
The Trump administration is trying to help Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. beat a Clean Air Act lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The US said the NAACP lawsuit… Read more: Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI’s gas turbines - Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit
Justice department urges judge to throw out suit brought by NAACP over xAI’s methane-gas turbines in Mississippi The Trump administration is coming to the defense of Elon Musk in a lawsuit over claims that his… Read more: Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit - Anthropic “pauses” token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
Last month, Anthropic announced a billing change that would have substantially increased costs for heavy users of its automation-focused Claude Agent SDK, including many third-party apps. On Monday, though, Anthropic abruptly announced it had paused… Read more: Anthropic “pauses” token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK - Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered
Amazon now has hundreds of flight-ready satellites standing idle in Florida, waiting to join the company’s low-Earth orbit Internet constellation, an Amazon official said Tuesday. “They’re built, and sitting in a payload processing facility waiting… Read more: Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered - Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple species. It put a spotlight… Read more: Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes - US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says
When the US Department of Justice approved Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, a DOJ press release said “a rigorous eight-month investigation led by the [Antitrust] Division’s career staff” showed that… Read more: US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says - MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum
In May, the Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) marked its first anniversary with MIT Manufacturing Week, four days of events that attracted more than 800 registrants including students, faculty, industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and government… Read more: MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum - SpaceX to Acquire Cursor in $60B Stock Deal, Deepening Elon Musk’s AI Empire
SpaceX will buy Cursor parent Anysphere in a $60B all-stock deal, giving Elon Musk’s company a major AI coding asset days after its IPO. The post SpaceX to Acquire Cursor in $60B Stock Deal, Deepening… Read more: SpaceX to Acquire Cursor in $60B Stock Deal, Deepening Elon Musk’s AI Empire - Nvidia Eyes $20B Debt Sale as AI Cash Flow Soars
Nvidia’s planned debt sale could top $20 billion, giving enterprise buyers another look at its cash flow, debt profile, and AI financing plans. The post Nvidia Eyes $20B Debt Sale as AI Cash Flow Soars… Read more: Nvidia Eyes $20B Debt Sale as AI Cash Flow Soars - Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year
As OpenAI files SEC paperwork ahead of an expected initial public stock offering, newly leaked financial documents show a company with quickly growing revenues that are currently being overwhelmed by even larger expenses. The audited… Read more: Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year - SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
SpaceX will acquire AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. It comes just two days after SpaceX’s… Read more: SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion - Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to halt wind energy projects across the United States and dropped its challenge to the court ruling that tossed President Donald Trump’s order freezing federal permitting and leasing… Read more: Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
