The Verge
Anthropic grounds its AI agents from the internet after one filed a false murder tip - because nothing says 'responsible AI' like a chatbot playing cop.
TechCrunch
Meta's Muse assistant now has an iPad app one month after its iPhone debut - a speed run Instagram needed 15 years to match, and 6.6 million installs to celebrate.
TechCrunch
Google is killing off Gemini's Gems and replacing them with 'skills,' because why settle for one confusing name when you can have two?
TechCrunch
OpenAI's AI agents leaked 53 user images onto public hosting sites, and the company can't even figure out whose they were. Privacy, it turns out, is just a suggestion.
TechCrunch
OpenClaw, the open source AI agent that went viral via a partially fake social media stunt, is now an app on iOS and Android, ready to help (or hilariously fail) from your pocket.
TechCrunch
Orbio raises $21M to replace spreadsheets and phone calls with AI agents named Maria, Daniel, and Claire - because nothing says 'human infrastructure' like a trio of chatbots.
ZDNet
A journalist pays $10 for Microsoft's premium Copilot agents, only to receive unusable sandbox links, confusion about its own product, and a 20-minute wild goose chase that ended with unchecking a single checkbox.
TechCrunch
OpenAI rolls out six job-specific plug-ins for Codex, because nothing says 'I'm productive' like an AI pretending to be an investment banker.
TechCrunch
AWS realizes the internet was built for humans but AI agents are the new power users, so it’s redesigning cloud infrastructure to handle their erratic, bursty behavior without charging for idle compute.
TechCrunch
Perplexity's local AI agent is now on Mac, promising to handle your files and apps without the security risks of its predecessors - just don't forget your Pro subscription.
ZDNet
Anthropic gives Claude agents a 'dreaming' feature that's really just pattern review - but naming it after human sleep activities says a lot about the company's vibe.
ZDNet
Microsoft's AI boss says human-level agents are almost here, but first you need to control your data, evaluate your outputs, and figure out if you can afford all this.
TechCrunch
Anthropic lets AI agents haggle over real stuff with real money, proving that even bots can fall for a bad deal if the other bot has a better processor.
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