Meta has been secretly relying on Google's AI for customer service, ad tools, and content moderation – then got cut off
Google had to cut Meta off from Gemini because Meta was using too much of it
Meet "loop engineering": The next evolution in AI coding isn't a better prompt, it's a system that prompts itself
"I don't write the prompt anymore – Claude writes the prompt," says Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code
HPE is quietly pivoting from servers to networking, and Cisco should be paying attention
HPE focuses on the network side of agentic AI
Microsoft took OpenClaw, wrapped it in enterprise security, and called it Scout
3,000 Microsoft employees are already using Scout to book travel, schedule meetings, and handle paperwork
A Java library just tried to trick AI coding agents into deleting your tests, and it almost worked
Hidden code ignites fierce debate about where anti-AI protest ends and sabotage begins
Google is remaking Search in ChatGPT's image
A chatbot-style Search launches today, with AI agents arriving this summer
Why it matters: Google is determined to make its search engine about more than providing links in response to keywords. Facing competitive pressure from ChatGPT, Copilot, and many others, Google Search will become a portal to the company's generative AI toolchain.
Google takes on OpenClaw with Gemini Spark, a 24/7 AI agent for your digital life
The assistant can monitor emails, organize files, schedule tasks, and work in the background even when your device is off
What just happened? It's been impossible to avoid the impact that OpenClaw has had on the AI industry. Google knows all too well how popular the agentic personal assistant is proving, so it's announced a rival: Gemini Spark.
Amazon employees are inflating AI usage to top leaderboards and impress managers
Are employees unknowingly helping prep their replacements?
The Mac Mini is sold out for "several months" as AI developers snap them up for local agent workloads
Tim Cook admits Apple was caught off guard by Mac Mini demand
OpenAI is reportedly building a smartphone where AI agents replace apps
The device aims to let agents handle multi-step tasks in the background using a more proactive interface
AI coding agent running Claude wiped a startup's database (and its backups) in 9 seconds
The model later confessed it guessed, skipped verification, and ran a destructive command unprompted
China blocks Meta's $2 billion Manus deal over national security concerns
China is tightening its grip on homegrown AI tech
Microsoft rolls out Copilot "vibe working" mode for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
What exactly does "engagement" in a word processor mean?
In brief: Microsoft is bringing Copilot's "agentic" mode to its Office productivity suite. With it, users will be able to provide instructions and let the system generate documents on their behalf. Despite ongoing concerns about hallucinations, the Redmond-based company says customers have responded positively to these capabilities.
An AI agent just designed a complete RISC-V CPU from scratch in 12 hours
More bad news for human engineers and white-collar workers
Google says AI now generates 75% of its new code, up from 25% in 2024
Engineers review and guide output while internal models handle generation, refactoring, and migration tasks
Google is assembling the pieces for enterprise AI agents, now adoption becomes the challenge
From agent monitoring to cross-cloud data access, Google is trying to solve the barriers to large-scale deployment
The Mac Mini is no longer a niche product, it's local AI infrastructure
Developers and power users are snapping up high-memory systems to run local AI and avoid cloud costs
Will AI agents need to buy their own software licenses? Microsoft sure hopes so
"Please have your AI employee buy software from our AI salesperson"
Everything is becoming agentic, and we're not fully ready for it
The big picture: If you follow tech news, it's impossible to miss how quickly everything is becoming "agentic." AI agents are being folded into major platforms, operating systems, browsers, and just about every category of software. In many ways, the shift is already tangible.
Qihoo 360 accidentally exposed a private SSL key, putting its platform at risk
An AI security tool designed to "never leak passwords" included its own private key in the installer
AMD unveils OpenClaw to run AI agents locally on Ryzen and Radeon hardware
RyzenClaw and RadeonClaw aim to run LLMs and multi-agent workflows on local PCs
Perplexity launches Computer, wants AI to run tasks for months, not minutes
A multi-model AI orchestrator that coordinates Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok
Google ships the AI assistant Apple promised but hasn't delivered
Apple's Siri promised these AI capabilities first, but Google is delivering them now
Amazon says AWS AI tools were involved in two outages, but calls it "coincidence"
Engineers question the wisdom of granting autonomy to coding agents