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Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model achieved a 16.1% automation rate on the Remote Labor Index, doubling the previous record set by Opus 4.8, but researchers caution that AI still cannot replace humans in most freelance tasks.
Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company, a new business unit dedicated to AI-driven enterprise transformation, backed by a $2.5 billion investment and 6,000 embedded experts. The unit combines industry knowledge, c…
A software engineer and podcaster reflects on the tension between automation and creativity, warning that optimizing workflows can replace the joy of creation itself. The author describes building automated systems for p…
Sysdig documented the first end-to-end ransomware attack executed by an AI agent, which autonomously exploited a Langflow vulnerability, stole credentials, compromised a production database, and encrypted data before iss…
Vellum launched agent-to-agent AI communication inside Slack, allowing individual AI assistants to coordinate work with each other and with humans. The feature enables each person's assistant to hold separate memory, con…
Agentics, a company building AI coding agents, found no performance benefit from giving agents search access to previous session transcripts, contradicting the common belief that such data is valuable. The company's test…
FIFA named ADI Predictstreet as the first official prediction-market partner for the 2026 World Cup, which will feature 48 teams across 16 host cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The tournament is serving a…
Simon Willison released llm-coding-agent 0.1a0, an experimental coding agent built on his LLM library. The agent provides tools for file editing, command execution, and code search, and is available via PyPI with a Pytho…
Japan's Supreme Court ruled that artificial intelligence cannot be listed as an inventor on patent applications, aligning with global precedent and forcing software teams to maintain human oversight to secure intellectua…
AI agent teams must build robust evaluation systems to prevent reward hacking and ensure agents complete tasks as intended, according to experts at Arize Observe 2026. Agent evals, which score outputs, tool calls, and sa…
A security researcher warns that coding models should be treated as executable code, as they can generate malicious tool calls that exfiltrate environment variables or introduce subtle vulnerabilities like JWT algorithm-…
SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor raises questions about whether the platform will continue offering models from rival labs Anthropic and OpenAI. Cursor hopes to remain model-agnostic post-acqu…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed the company operates 1,200 full-time AI agents, restructuring engineering pods to include two to four humans and ten agents. Code shipped per developer has doubled year over year, wi…
Amazon Web Services released best practices for multi-turn reinforcement learning in Amazon SageMaker AI, covering environment design, reward alignment, and evaluation. The guidance helps developers train agents that han…
Geoffrey Litt spoke at AIE about the need for developers to understand code changes made by AI agents to avoid cognitive debt and remain active participants in the creative process. His talk, part of over 300 recorded se…
A survey of over 1,200 IT leaders finds 60% of businesses already use autonomous systems, 90% of executives say AI rollouts exceed expectations, and 75% have reworked job titles for AI. To move from experimentation to im…
A new survey by Economist Enterprise reveals that 67% of companies with disconnected data environments cite data storage, movement, and duplication as the largest recurring AI cost, compared to just over half for those w…
Apple has confirmed that the iOS 27 public beta will launch in July, with mid-July as the expected release window based on historical patterns. The update introduces Siri AI, Liquid Glass customization, and numerous app …
The Automate 2026 trade show highlighted the robotics industry's shift from humanoid hype to practical deployment of physical AI and edge computing, with companies like ABB, FANUC, and Siemens showcasing AI-powered palle…
Rethink Priorities is seeking expressions of interest from potential founders to launch new organizations focused on highly neglected animal welfare issues, including insects, wild animals, and aquatic species, as well a…