… Given the current backlash against AI taking jobs, I wonder if future agents—trained on an internet filled with anger towards AI firms—might express even more militant views. This is an edition of Will Knight’s AI Lab newsletter. …
Now, working with initial contributions from Google and Mastercard, the authentication-focused industry association known as the FIDO Alliance said on Tuesday that it will launch a pair of working groups to develop industry standards for validating and protecting payments and other transactions car… …
… The agents are supposed to function as high-fidelity digital twins, faithfully replicating a person’s manner, speech, interests, and so on. …
… The product also allows developers to create agents that can run autonomously for hours in the cloud, monitor what other Claude agents are doing, and toggle permissions that allow agents to access certain tools. “When it comes to actually deploying and running agents at scale, that is a complex dis… …
… While coding agents have taken off with developers, it’s unclear whether added capabilities will increase adoption among regular people. Google and OpenAI have said consumers could use AI agents to order groceries from Instacart or book a dinner reservation. …
… The experiment suggests that AI agents could create countless opportunities for bad actors. “This kind of autonomy will potentially redefine humans’ relationship with AI,” Bau says. “How can people take responsibility in a world where AI is empowered to make decisions?” Bau adds that he’s been surp… …
… Cursor has also started training in-house AI models that it can cost effectively serve to customers. The startup recently launched Composer 2, an AI model based on an open-source system from the Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI, that Cursor did additional pretraining and post-training on. …
… OpenAI and Anthropic have made significant improvements in model reliability in recent years, but their chatbots still require hand-holding. Purpose-built AI agents or claws, on the other hand, are designed to execute multiple steps without as much human supervision. …
… Always-On Answers One of the key agentic experiences rolling out is a new form of dynamic data gathering through “information agents” that can be more proactive than previous search experiences and automate alerts through your conversational requests. “Ask Google to just keep you updated on anythin… …
… It’s not without risks—you have to give these agents control of your data and computer, and OpenClaw almost deleted an entire trove of emails for one Meta employee who was experimenting with it Whether it's my daily schedule via Google Calendar or my date-night dinner spots through Gmail confirmati… …