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Microsoft AI researcher Adrian de Wynter built a basic neural network inside the video game 'Age of Empires II' using digital goats to argue that claims of human-like attributes in large language mode…

OpenAI and Anthropic have collectively hired over 85 former Salesforce employees in 2026, primarily in sales and marketing roles, as the AI firms shift from research labs to enterprise revenue engines…

Sports journalists asked Microsoft's Copilot to predict four 2026 World Cup matches, and the AI model incorrectly predicted winners for all games, which all ended in draws. The failed predictions high…

ByteDance is Microsoft's largest AI customer, spending over $1 billion annually on OpenAI models via Azure, even as U.S. regulators tighten rules on Chinese AI access. Microsoft's AI revenue in China …

Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants announced Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD), an open standard for publishing, discovering, and verifying AI capabilities across the web. ARD aims to solve the d…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos predicted that AI will create more jobs for humans, not replace them, during an appearance at VivaTech Paris. He argued that the technology will unlock new opportunities and …

Big Tech companies including Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon have sharply reduced share buybacks as they redirect cash toward AI infrastructure spending, projected to reach $755 billion in 2026, an 83% inc…

A growing reliance on AI-generated code is creating a dangerous feedback loop where AI systems generate and review code with minimal human oversight, leading to increased defects and security vulnerab…

Microsoft's VS Code 1.123, released June 3, introduces a two-hour delay before newly published extension versions auto-update, aiming to mitigate supply chain attacks by providing a window to catch ma…

The enterprise AI race is shifting from model intelligence to the 'harness'—interfaces, runtimes, connectors, and governance that integrate AI into daily workflows. The author identifies five generati…

GitHub, Google, Microsoft, Hugging Face, GoDaddy, Cisco, Databricks, NVIDIA, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Snowflake jointly published the Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) specification on June 17, enab…

Space X's stock fell 5% on Wednesday, ending a rally that had seen shares rise over 40% since its June 12 listing. The decline knocked the company from its position as the world's fourth most valuable…

Arizona's data center industry, the second-largest in the US, is consuming 1.5 GW of power and 385 million gallons of water annually, with projections of tripling electricity use and water consumption…

A developer explains that 'Bring Your Own Model' (BYOK) in AI tools means supplying your own model and API credentials, giving control over cost, avoiding model lock-in, and keeping data relationships…

Google published the open Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) specification on June 17, 2026, a web standard for publishing, discovering, and verifying AI tools and agents across registries. The specific…

Emily Dalton Smith, Meta's head of product for AI for Work, left the company after just two months in the role, effective June 17. Her departure adds to leadership turbulence as Meta pivots aggressive…

Microsoft announced Microsoft Scout, an always-on enterprise agent built on the open-source OpenClaw framework, at Build 2026. Scout operates autonomously with its own Entra identity, integrates with …

Microsoft has sold OpenAI models to major Chinese technology companies including ByteDance, Ant Group, Meituan, and Tencent Holdings, with ByteDance on track to spend over $1 billion annually on Micro…

Microsoft has built a significant business selling OpenAI models to Chinese tech giants including ByteDance, Ant Group, Meituan, and Tencent, despite U.S.-China tensions over AI. ByteDance alone is on…

Emily Dalton Smith, the Meta executive appointed in April to lead product work for the company's AI restructuring, has left after just two months. Her departure adds to leadership turbulence as Meta p…