The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026
…https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/verge-google-beam-ai-agent.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Google is experimenting with AI agents for Google Beam After renaming…
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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…
Microsoft Scout is “the first real personal assistant we’ve offered customers”
…OpenClaw’s AI “skill” extensions have also been branded a security nightmare. I asked Shahine why Microsoft was now confident it could manage the security and privacy aspects of an AI agent…
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone
…On January 23rd, it addressed ICE agents directly: [Media: https://twitter.com/andonlabs/status/2054978763809513937] The stunt from Andon Labs, like its previous experiments with an AI-run store and cafe, only…
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
Adobe’s conversational AI agent is a mediocre design intern
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
…The viral AI agent tool, which this year took the worldwide tech industry by storm, had been severely restricted by Anthropic. Anthropic, like other leading AI labs, was under immense pressure…
Claude’s new model is more ‘honest’ when it messes up
…that “a general problem with AI models is that they sometimes jump to conclusions, confidently presenting their work as making progress despite thin evidence.” The AI lab claims that early testers have…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Coupled with these changes, Amazon — one of Microsoft’s biggest competitors — recently announced internal changes that turn its software developers into “Builders” that are expected to use AI agents daily. Software management…
SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion
…A report by The Information this week said Sergey Brin has directed Google’s “strike team” to help its agentic AI tools catch up, while Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red…
Sundar Pichai on AI, the future of search, and what’s happening to the web
…our developers where we have transitioned from using AI tools to assist coding to them, a portion of the engineers directing teams of agents effectively more and more. Those are transitions underway…