AI shopping assistants are cutting reviewers out of the sale
A test with Meta's Muse shows how AI recommendations can lean on a reviewer's work while sending the sale somewhere else.
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AI agent traffic surges as security systems struggle to detect impostors
New reports show automated web traffic rising sharply as malicious bots impersonate AI assistants and expose security gaps.
The bots publishers should be letting through the door
Not every bot in your logs is an enemy. The ones publishers keep shutting out are often the ones building authority in AI answers.
What an agentic newsroom will look like
The rise of agentic AI in newsrooms might actually lead to better human judgment, sources, and storytelling.
UK and US financial regulators hold emergency meetings over Anthropic’s Claude Mythos
An unreleased Anthropic model that found thousands of vulnerabilities in major operating systems has triggered emergency briefings from London to Washington.
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Microsoft turns Microsoft 365 Copilot into a broader agentic work platform
Microsoft is pushing Copilot from chat assistant to enterprise work system — Wave 3 adds long-running agentic tasks, governance controls, and a new Frontier Suite bundle aimed at CIOs.
Builders will define the agent workplace. Users will inherit it.
No-code agents still demand builder instincts, and the gap is widening between those who shape workflows and those forced to adapt. (Credit: Google Gemini)
Clawdbot is the self-hosted AI assistant going viral among power users
The open-source project lets users build a "Jarvis-style" agent that lives in their messaging apps.
Anthropic’s new Cowork tool brings agentic AI to everyday newsroom tasks
The feature lets Claude access folders on your Mac to automate reports, expenses and file management. But there are risks.
What Lenovo’s Qira means for media, brands, and the AI race
On-device AI assistants are becoming superagents, and it'll soon be the job of every brand and media company to get their attention.