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Microsoft’s Project Solara is a radical Android-based operating system designed for AI agents rather than traditional apps, aiming to redefine mobile interaction by placing intelligent agents as first-class citizens.
in Microsoft Teams might not all be human. Scout, an always-on AI agent announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Tuesday, can go through your work messages, calendar, and email inbox to automate tasks, reschedule meeting conflicts, and draft professional-sounding responses.Microsoft mo
Google announced on Tuesday that Android is launching fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams.
We’re expecting Android 17 to begin rolling out later this month, but first, Google has a batch of updates for the wider Android device ecosystem. As usual, some of the new features are limited to specific devices, and others require using Google’s apps.
In the first weeks of 2026, OpenClaw spread through the AI world like a sonic boom, introducing many of the industry’s most ambitious technologists to the joy and chaos of an unrestrained AI agent.
Anthropic’s IPO filing marks the maturation of generative AI from a research-heavy venture phase into a stabilised enterprise utility.Model developers operating in private markets have prioritised rapid iteration and maximum compute performance over predictable billing cycles.
Martin Scorsese has signed on as a partner and adviser to AI image-generation startup Black Forest Labs, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The caveat is that one of the world’s most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.
Mathematicians warned against rising tech industry influence in a declaration describing the many challenges that AI poses to mathematics research.
AI researchers and labs have advanced by leaps and bounds in evaluating AI models for everything from safety and compliance to sycophancy and alignment.
AI is getting expensive, and some companies are cutting back on usage in an attempt to moderate costs.
OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools, the company released an internal report on how Codex is being used for knowledge work
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to give the government a chance to review powerful AI models before they are released. The order asks certain AI companies to voluntarily submit their new models to the government for testing or evaluation 30 days before releasing
Amazon was sued on Monday over alleged privacy violations from its Ring doorbell cameras. The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent. Ring announced the Familiar Faces feature l
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its joint industry initiative to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities using AI, to about 150 new organizations across more than 15 countries, the company said Tuesday. The news comes a day after Anthropic said it had filed confidentially for an in
Francisco startup known for making well-appointed, beautifully designed webcams is now vying to become the AI hardware company of the moment.Opal Camera is rebranding to Opal Electronics and will expand its product portfolio beyond webcams to a broad range of consumer devices, some of which will be
Impulse Space, a startup founded by SpaceX engine guru Tom Mueller to build highly maneuverable spacecraft, announced a $500 million Series D this week that it will use to hire as many as 200 new employees. The round, led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC, with participation from Founders Fund, Lux Capi
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As enterprises troubleshoot their AI systems, governance has emerged as a key challenge. Some are taking a dual approach: one model to handle incoming queries, and another to keep the first one from getting into trouble. That’s the premise of ZeroDrift, a new AI compliance service that on Tuesday sa
Since its announcement in April this year, the proposed changes to billing methods on GitHub Copilot were a source of much speculation: how much more or less would a pay-a-you-use AI cost an organisation or individual compared to a flat-rate, monthly subscription?Just a day into the changeover to to
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