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
Microsoft tests new Windows AI in the taskbar and File Explorer
Latest preview hints that the AI everywhere retreat may only be temporary
Your AI assistant isn't confused, it just wants to agree with you
Why people-pleasing AI keeps changing its answer when you push back
OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) can manage your entire digital life, but it might leak your credentials
The assistant can browse the web, handle files, and even use your credit card
In brief: A new local AI assistant first popularized under the name "Clawdbot" is experiencing a surge in popularity because it fulfills many of the promises made by prior smart assistants and AI agents. However, its impressive range of capabilities requires full access to the user's device, files, and login credentials – and security researchers have found gaping vulnerabilities.
AI browsers are about to eat the internet
The future of on-device AI might just be... Chrome
Meta makes $2 billion bet on agentic AI with Manus acquisition
Its automated research and web tools drew millions of users within months
MIT study says agentic AI can already replace 11% of the US workforce
A reliable prediction about the future of work, or just a speculative sandbox toy?
Microsoft explains how Windows 11 will become an agentic OS whether you like it or not
Separate agent workspaces and agent user accounts, with security as "top priority"
Microsoft says Windows is becoming an agentic OS, but users simply hate the idea
Sounding off: Microsoft has often talked about turning Windows into an agentic OS, despite serious reservations from many quarters. Most Windows users are unhappy with the idea of AI taking greater control of their PCs, and they are once again making it clear to Redmond that they are not on board with the company's plans.
US "vibe coding" startups soar in value, but their AI may be powered by Chinese models
Cognition and Cursor lead a billion-dollar boom
Cisco's new IQ platform is like ChatGPT for network ops, and it's coming for your dashboard
Cisco IQ and Unified Edge blend AI agents with decades of network expertise
Amazon warns Perplexity with cease-and-desist over AI shopping agent
Perplexity calls Amazon's move "a threat to all internet users"
OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas is vulnerable to prompt injection attacks within the omnibox
No strict boundaries for untrusted user inputs mean a massive security flaw for agentic browsers
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber wants an AI agent in every board meeting
Faber clearly has a knack for conceiving outside the box ideas in tech
Vivaldi fights back against Chrome and Edge's AI browser push
Choosing power users and curiosity over hype and AI slop
Editor's take: Browser vendors are rushing to pack more AI features into their products, even though many users strongly dislike the trend. For those web "purists," it might be time to take a second look at Vivaldi. The Norwegian company has decided to take a completely different approach in this AI-saturated tech landscape we're currently navigating.
CEO Marc Benioff says Salesforce cut 4,000 support roles because of AI agents
Benioff says he "was able to rebalance my head count"
Perplexity AI apparently just offered Google $34.5 billion to buy Chrome
The 3-year-old startup is trying to purchase the world's most popular web browser?