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New Framework Makes AI Coding Agents 2.5x Better at Engineering
Researchers from Renmin University of China and Microsoft Research have introduced Arbor, a framework designed to help AI agents improve complex ...
AI shopping agents may be steering Canadians toward higher prices — here's how to protect yourself and your wallet
A new study found most AI models recommend expensive sponsored products over better deals — and Canadian shoppers are paying the price without knowing it ...
A better way to model the behavior of metal alloys
MIT researchers’ approach captures subtle atomic patterns, improving predictions of material properties.
Microsoft warns AI agents are being 'AutoJack'-ed to deliver RCE payloads
Three minor vulnerabilities chained together can cause a lot of trouble but Microsoft fixed it on time.
I built an AI tool that negotiated hotel prices for me. One hotel suspected it was AI, but it got me a better deal.
A 24-year-old engineer built an AI agent that called hotels, asked for discounts, and negotiated perks. Here's the transcript ...
Estonia's government plans to issue digital identities to AI agents
Estonia has set out to become the first country to create IDs for AI agents in an effort to avoid losing control over the technology, which is spreading fast in its digitally advanced society. The ...
Estonia creates AI 'ID codes' to govern autonomous agents
The government says AI ID codes will make it easier for companies and individuals to automate work without giving an agent access to all their data. View on euronews ...
AI agents don’t need more hype. They need a map
Ask an AI agent to book you a dinner reservation, and it probably can’t quite do it. Here’s what’s wrong, and here’s the new standard that aims to fix it.
AI agents need more than reasoning: they need to actually use the web
A company rolls out an AI customer service assistant. The model behind it is current and capable enough for the job. The assistant goes live. Within a week, support tickets are getting worse, not ...
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on the new world of AI agents
CNBC's Arjun Kharpal sits down with the chip company chief on The Tech Download podcast.
Reliance announces Jio TeleFrame smart home device with AI-powered agents
Jio TeleFrame was a part of series of AI-focused product announcement made in the AGM, that included Jio Home and Jio Call Agent.
Jio brings AI call agent and MyJio AI advisor: Here is what it will do
Reliance Jio announced two AI-driven products at its 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026 on Friday. The idea, Jio claims, is to offer artificial intelligence (AI) into its services rather than ...
Jio announces Jio TeleFrame, says it is hub of all your AI agents at home
During the Reliance Industries Limited AGM this year, Reliance Jio unveiled Jio TeleFrame. The company says that the TeleFrame acts as a hub for all your AI agents that can do various tasks on your ...
The Next Bottleneck For AI Agents Is Proof, Trust And Human Fallback
As AI agents proliferate and their outputs become indistinguishable from human ones, the primary bottleneck shifts from intelligence to trust infrastructure.
How to run a company when the AI agents vastly outnumber the humans
Business leaders from Salesforce, DraftKings, Indeed, and other companies convened at Fortune Brainstorm Tech to discuss the challenges and benefits of using AI for jobs with no margin for error.
The Roadmap to Mastering AI Agent Evaluation
Let's not waste any more time.
The Black Box Problem: CIOs Need Visibility Into AI Agent Behavior
Trump administration stops Anthropic’s newest models, how AI tokens are like the Y2K problem, revisit your bot-blocking strategy.
Rolling out AI agents? 4 ways to move fast and furious - but with extreme caution
For starters, don't just hand over the keys to AI agents. Any endeavor needs to remain a human-instigated, human-led endeavor.
AI agents are getting invested in banking
AI Impact tracks AI agents in banking, Genpact’s process bet, product context in AI shopping and India’s place in the AI trade.
The Strongest Teams of AI Agents Will be Built Using Different Models
Agentic AI is so prevalent that some business leaders now count AI agents as part of their regular workforce. Yet, without attention to the diversity of this burgeoning agentic workforce, business ...
Adobe Says Its Expanded AI Agents Are There to 'Guide You Down the Happy Path'
You are the creative orchestrator with the new AI assistants coming to Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Illustrator.
Google DeepMind unveils plan to protect itself from its own rogue AI agents
For years, AI safety research focused on 'alignment.' The Google DeepMind roadmap assumes some AI agents may go rogue, and focuses on monitoring and access control.
From Copilots to Agents: Why Enterprise AI Needs a Secure AI Factory
Explore how agentic AI is reshaping workplace workflows and why secure runtimes, open ecosystems, and AI factories matter for enterprise scale.
MIT in the media: For the future of tech, "Massachusetts can absolutely lead"
Leaders, faculty across MIT discuss fostering innovation and talent in Greater Boston in special series of articles published alongside the outlet's annual list of 'Tech Power Players'
Dropzone AI’s Edward Wu wants AI agents to fight cyberattacks
His company’s agentic security operations center helps overwhelmed teams investigate alerts, test hypotheses, and respond faster to threats.
Notion’s Sarah Sachs wants AI agents to work for everyone
Her team is building governed AI teammates for inboxes, meetings, and projects while pushing to keep agentic AI affordable beyond the Fortune 500.
Rajiv Dattani is bringing insurance to the AI agent boom
Dattani's company, AIUC, is creating insurance standards for agent providers, giving enterprises a new way to assess risk and trust.
Fireworks AI’s Lin Qiao wants to make AI agents cheaper to run
Her company helps developers build agents and workflows, while pushing smaller, customized models as an answer to runaway token costs.
AI agents are getting their own search engine
AI agents may soon search for and use their own tools at runtime, thanks to a new open standard backed by Microsoft and Google.
In game theory, generalists sometimes win out over specialists
Researchers show that for certain kinds of games, an overlooked class of algorithms performs much better than expected.