Uber has reportedly moved to rein in employee spending on artificial intelligence after its internal AI budget was exhausted in just four months. The decision marks a sharp pivot from an earlier posture that, according to the report, encouraged staff…
Microsoft has introduced a new open-source framework aimed at one of the most stubborn problems in modern AI development: how do you reliably test an AI system’s behavior, not just its outputs, and do it in a way that stays…
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would change how the federal government interfaces with the most powerful AI systems—at least at the moment they’re about to leave the lab. The order, signed Tuesday, establishes what it calls…
Anthropic is preparing to widen access to Mythos beyond its current footprint, with the company saying it plans to make the system available in more than 15 countries. The move comes after requests from organizations across regions that have been…
Microsoft’s latest AI model releases are being framed less as a victory lap in the frontier race and more as a deliberate push toward enterprise adoption—an emphasis that, in practice, puts pressure on competitors such as Anthropic to prove not…
Martin Scorsese has never been the kind of filmmaker to chase trends just because they’re loud. For decades, his work has been defined by a particular kind of craft: patient blocking, obsessive attention to rhythm, and a belief that cinema…
Microsoft used Build 2026 to make a statement that’s as much about strategy as it is about technology: it’s building its own “advanced reasoning” AI stack, and it wants the world to notice the difference between experimenting with models and…
Microsoft’s Build keynote has a familiar rhythm: announce something that sounds like it will “transform productivity,” show a few slick demos, and then let the real work begin—figuring out what the assistant can actually do inside the tools people already…
Microsoft has introduced a new specification aimed at one of the most persistent problems in deploying AI agents in real organizations: how do you control what an agent does, who gets to decide, and how do you keep those decisions…
Microsoft has a new bet on the future of work, and it’s not framed as another “AI feature” tucked inside an existing app. With Microsoft Scout, the company is positioning an always-on personal assistant for business users that can integrate…
Google is quietly but decisively tightening the safety net around one of the most personal parts of modern life: the phone call. In an update aimed squarely at AI impersonation scams, Google’s Phone app will now be able to flag…
Amazon is facing a new wave of scrutiny over how it uses facial recognition technology in consumer security products, after a class action lawsuit filed in Seattle accused the company of storing images of passersby without their consent through its…