Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/verge-google-beam-ai-agent.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Today, Google is experimentally revealing “Beam video agents,” which it’s…
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Microsoft launches “vibe working” in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
…You’ll be able to watch the Copilot AI agent work in real time, thanks to a sidebar that shows every step Copilot is taking on a document. In Excel it can…
Gemini’s new AI agent is about as good as Google’s demo
Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential…
Apple’s AI promises are finally, almost, sort of, here
…It pitched Siri as an all-encompassing virtual assistant that ties together all your Apple devices, with multimodal features, a dedicated app, an all-in-one AI agent and more. Executives emphasized…
“You all have AI — actual intelligence.”
…The AI fight brewing inside The New York Times More in AI AI tried to bury this politician — now people have actually heard of him Robinhood will let your AI agent trade…
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…Microsoft has been clear that it sees Windows as a home for AI agents and workloads, but it also unveiled Project Solara this week, a new platform for agent-first devices. Microsoft…
Microsoft and OpenAI rest.
…Score This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you AI video is…
AMD’s revenue jumps 38 percent from last year as Q1 data center sales hit $5.8 billion.
…AI agents are increasing demands for CPUs, and AMD and Intel’s x86 industry group recently announced a new instruction set, AI Compute Extensions (ACE), to help close the performance gap with…
Ilya Sutskever would get up on tables to give speeches in the early days of OpenAI.
…Score This AI guitar pedal let me roll my own effects Spotify is launching AI-generated remixes Spotify Studio’s AI agent creates a daily podcast just for you AI video is…
We react to Google I/O 2026
…The Vergecast went live right after the show, with senior AI reporter Hayden Field joining me to discuss the highlights. First up, we talk about the buzzword of the show: agents, which…