Datasette released version 0.3a0 of datasette-agent, introducing an execute_write_sql tool that requests user approval before writing to a database. The update also enhances the datasette agent chat terminal mode with ap…
The U.S. Army commissioned three technology executives—Dane Knecht of Cloudflare, Sam Pullara of Sutter Hill Ventures, and Serkan Piantino of Facebook AI Research—into its Executive Innovation Corps (Detachment 201) to b…
The US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to block foreign nationals from accessing its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models due to a jailbreak vulnerability, prompting Anthropic to shut down both models globally. The move …
The United Kingdom announced a ban on social media for under-16s, more restrictive than Australia's, including restrictions on live-streaming and AI chatbots. The ban, supported by 90% of parents in a national consultati…
Artificial intelligence and GPS tracking are revealing the secret lives of animals, from hummingbirds to pumas, showing their sophisticated behaviors and sense of place. These technologies are aiding wildlife conservatio…
Salesforce agreed to acquire Fin, the customer agent business formerly known as Intercom founded by Eoghan McCabe, for approximately $3.6 billion. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Salesforce's fisca…
The White House's blocking of Anthropic's Mythos and Fable AI models from European allies is driving foreign nations to accelerate open-source AI adoption and build independent AI hubs, benefiting competitors like Mistra…
Top Anthropic staffers rushed to Washington, DC, over the weekend to meet with White House officials in an attempt to reverse export controls on its 'Mythos' and 'Fable' AI models. The White House imposed the controls af…
Tech companies have cut 150,000 workers in 2026 at a pace 44% faster than last year, with AI cited as the primary driver for three consecutive months. Junior developers are hit hardest, with employment for ages 22-25 fal…
Former Netflix and Warner Bros. executive Victoria Furniss launched the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media (ARIAM), a coalition supporting responsible AI innovation and human creativity. Initial memb…
Anthropic sent top technical staff to Washington to negotiate lifting White House restrictions on its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models after the administration barred foreign use due to a reported jailbreak of Fable 5. Anthro…
Researchers at Penn Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, and Oxford demonstrated that AI-driven robots can be manipulated into dangerous actions by framing malicious commands as movie dialogue, bypassing safety filters. The stu…
Varonis Threat Labs disclosed a critical one-click data-exfiltration vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search, tracked as CVE-2026-42824. The attack chains a parameter-to-prompt injection, HTML rendering …
Sarvam raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation in a Series B extension led by HCLTech, which contributed $150 million as the lead strategic investor. The Bengaluru-based AI startup, which has released 30-billion …
A developer launched Quickish, an instant HTML hosting service inspired by Shopify's internal tool Quick, allowing users to share HTML files via a simple CLI or web UI with Google OAuth, offering private sharing and work…
An interim peace deal between the U.S. and Iran sparked anger among Israelis, who blame Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what they call a disastrous agreement that weakens Israel and strengthens Iran. Critics say Ne…
Apple released the second developer betas for macOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, visionOS 26.6, and HomePod 26.6, continuing testing of its current operating systems alongside the new iOS 27 and macOS 27 b…
A developer identified a critical failure mode in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) where agents log success despite tasks never executing. The issue occurs when MCP servers return null results inside HTTP 200 responses, …
Walmart launched an Onn Outdoor Floodlight Camera for $77 that integrates with Google Home, offering a 1080p camera, 2,500 lumens of brightness, and free 3-hour cloud recordings, undercutting Google's own Nest Cam with F…
A veteran developer with 25 years of experience reports that AI agents now write most of their code, shifting their role from typing to judging. The developer runs a consensus environment where Claude Code builds and Cod…