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Alchemy, the web3 infrastructure firm, has integrated its AI payment middleware AgentPay into Visa's agent commerce network, enabling AI agents to conduct transactions across traditional payment rails through a single en…
Google DeepMind has unveiled a security plan to protect against rogue AI agents, shifting focus from the alignment problem to a layered cybersecurity framework that treats AI agents as potential insider threats. The plan…
The Pentagon used Elon Musk's Grok AI to fire over 2,000 munitions at 2,000 targets in Iran within 96 hours, according to a sworn declaration by the Pentagon's AI chief Cameron Stanley. The revelation came amid a Clean A…
Zyter announced its inclusion in Gartner's June 2026 report on agentic AI use cases, highlighting the company's platform that coordinates specialized AI agents with governance and human oversight for healthcare workflows…
The European Commission is using an in-house AI tool to assess candidate countries' laws for alignment with EU legislation, aiming to speed up the enlargement process as staff face increased workload from many prospectiv…
Chicago aldermen proposed ordinances Wednesday to rename Northerly Island after Pope Leo XIV and a strip of Wabash Avenue in front of Trump Tower as 'Barack Hussein Obama Way,' despite city rules against naming public sp…
The San Jose City Council formally opposed a statewide ballot measure that could retroactively restrict local real estate taxes, with Mayor Matt Mahan warning it could force the city to shut down interim housing and push…
Safari's opposition to the WebMCP API highlights a principle that web improvements for AI should also benefit all users, not just agents. The Safari team argues that gaps in site semantics should be fixed in shared layer…
An 18-year-old tourist from India, Romanch Mahajan, died after a horse-drawn carriage overturned in New York City's Central Park on Wednesday. The driver had stepped out to take a photo, violating procedure, and the hors…
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 discovery gap that li…
Ukrainian drones penetrated three layers of Moscow air defenses to strike the Moscow Oil Refinery, one of Russia's largest oil facilities, for the second time in days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed th…
The White House restricted foreign access to Anthropic's most advanced AI models, citing concerns about Chinese access to the company's Mythos technology, and Anthropic removed the models from the market. The move highli…
A University of Hong Kong scholar warns that China's advantages in energy and AI applications could erode US dominance in artificial intelligence within 10 to 20 years, citing structural challenges to America's AI 'moat'…
The Trump administration's Department of Justice is intervening to protect Elon Musk's xAI from a lawsuit over pollution from its Memphis data center, arguing that shutting down the facility threatens national security. …
A developer identified a new class of security failure in agentic AI systems using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), where authority delegation between components can execute unauthorized actions without any component be…
AI safety organizations face a talent bottleneck that could be alleviated by hiring more freelancers for generalist work, argues a recent post on the Effective Altruism Forum. The author, who transitioned into AI safety …
Open AI opens its first Nordic office in Stockholm, Sweden, primarily as a sales hub to serve existing and future customers, according to experts. The move highlights Sweden's advanced tech ecosystem and high digital mat…
A conservative insider has launched a lobbying campaign to promote renewable energy in Alberta, signaling a potential shift in the province's energy policy. The move comes amid growing pressure to diversify Alberta's eco…
The Clorox Building, a landmark Oakland office tower, has been foreclosed after its owners, KKR and TMG Partners, returned the property to lender Heitman Capital Management. The foreclosure, valued at $258.3 million, hig…
YouTube's Lyor Cohen and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. argue that the NO FAKES Act of 2026 is essential to protect artists' voices and likenesses from unauthorized AI replication, as the Senate Judiciary Committ…