Why businesses need clearer limits before AI agents are authorized to act
A 2026 IBM study points to questions about AI readiness, visibility, and control. The survey of 2,000 C-level technology executives found 11% felt fully prepared
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Federal judge rules for Anthropic in Pentagon dispute, nullifies government supply chain risk designation
The Trump Administration’s decision to punish Anthropic for its stance forbidding Claude’s use in domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons by identifying it as a supply
Anthropic’s new framework will let AI agents control hardware
Anthropic on Thursday launched the Model Hardware Standard, a new framework designed to enable the control of hardware using AI agents. With the new framework
I’m 19, and I’ve watched more than 200 brands quietly give up on influencers
I’m 19, and I’ve had an odd seat for the last couple of years of the creator economy. My company runs a marketplace that connects
Lucid recalls 27,185 Air sedans over a software fuse that did not cut the power
Lucid is recalling 27,185 Air sedans because the software eFuse protecting their exterior lighting circuits can allow overheating, with owners told to park away from
Meta’s glasses now stop recording if you cover the LED
Meta has updated its smart glasses so the camera stops when someone covers the recording light, the second such fix in two months, and is
BMW has sold two million electric cars, and Europe bought seven in ten of the ones it shifted last quarter
BMW has delivered its two millionth fully electric vehicle, an i5 M60 xDrive built at Dingolfing and handed to a customer in Spain. Europe accounted
Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
Meta is rolling out an obvious fix to make its AI glasses less creepy amid backlash over the glasses’ non-consensual recordings that have flooded the
Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCP
Authorities in Australia said Wednesday that they arrested two men accused of participating in cybercrimes for TeamPCP, a prolific group of hackers that, over nine
Social Media and the Myth of the Big Tobacco Moment
Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a
Why Countries Are Pushing Social Media Bans Despite Their Flaws
Proposals for curbing social media use among children have wide support, but critics say they are ineffective.
Cheap smartphones are dead. Apple doesn’t care
An important but potentially fragile trend is emerging in the data being reported by smartphone industry trackers: while painful component price increases are denting overall
Why AI doesn’t make companies more productive
In 1987, Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Solow wrote, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” The same could be said
a16z has raised $1.1bn to invest in the physical layer of AI
Andreessen Horowitz has closed a $1.1bn fund that will invest exclusively in hardware. The Machine Age Fund, announced on Friday, covers the physical layer artificial