After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.
Allbirds is ditching wool sneakers for AI servers, rebranding as NewBird AI after locking in a $50M convertible financing facility.
Launch of GPT-5.4-Cyber follows concern about ability of Anthropic’s Mythos to find software bugs
Closely watched legislation could provide a blueprint for others considering moratoriums
Software engineering has experienced two seismic shifts this century. First was the rise of the open source movement, which gradually made code accessible to developers and engineers everywhere. Second, the adoption of development operations (DevOps) and agile methodologies took software from siloed to collaborative development and from batch to continuous delivery. Now, a third such…
AI agents struggle with tasks that require interacting with the live web — fetching a competitor’s pricing page, extracting structured data from a JavaScript-heavy dashboard, or automating a multi-step workflow on a real site. The tooling has been fragmented, requiring teams to stitch together separate providers for search, browser automation, and content retrieval. TinyFish, a […]
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In this tutorial, we build a complete and practical Crawl4AI workflow and explore how modern web crawling goes far beyond simply downloading page HTML. We set up the full environment, configure browser behavior, and work through essential capabilities such as basic crawling, markdown generation, structured CSS-based extraction, JavaScript execution, session handling, screenshots, link analysis, concurrent […]
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Google just announced the release of Skills in Chrome, a new feature built into Gemini in Chrome that lets users save frequently used AI prompts as reusable, one-click workflows called Skills. The rollout begins April 14, 2026, targeting Mac, Windows, and ChromeOS users who have their Chrome language set to English-US. If you’ve been paying […]
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OpenAI expands its Trusted Access for Cyber program, introducing GPT-5.4-Cyber to vetted defenders and strengthening safeguards as AI cybersecurity capabilities advance.
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would let AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters.
The premade Skills available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome include ways to maximize protein in recipes or summarize YouTube videos.
Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prompts can now be saved as “Skills” in the Chrome desktop browser, letting you instantly run them across any tabs you select. “Until now, repeating an AI task – like asking for ingredient […]
Before allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home, the 20-year-old accused attacker wrote about his fear that the AI race would cause humans to go extinct, the San Francisco Chronicle found. Two days later, Altman’s home appeared to be targeted a second time, according to The San Francisco Standard. Only a […]
Google is adding “Skills” to Chrome, letting users save and reuse AI prompts across websites. The feature builds on Gemini’s browser integration.
The device could help address multiple neurological conditions if it proves successful. One early use could be delivering gentle electrical stimulation to damaged brain or spinal cord cells to encourage healing.
In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them.
One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI’s recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic’s current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain.
Chief executive Sam Altman refocuses AI company as Anthropic tests its early lead
AI is like the atomic bomb — once you invent the means to build one, you live in a different world
European venture funding reached $17.6 billion in Q1 2026, Crunchbase data shows. That’s up nearly 30% year over year and marks the second consecutive quarter of growth. The main driver was AI, which for the first time claimed more than 50% of the continent’s total funding for the quarter.
In this exclusive UNLEASH OpEd, Phil Kirschner, Founder of PK Consulting makes the case for re-orienting HR and Real Estate so that organizations have a true view of the total work experience of their people.
Employee demand for GLP-1s continues to surge as prices are primed to start lowering, prompting many orgs to rethink plan design to balance employee expectations and costs.
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As organizations embrace AI, Anthony Salcito of Coursera emphasizes that success hinges on human capabilities complementing technological advancement.
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The governance structures being written into union contracts today are a preview of what regulators and employees may soon expect broadly.
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State lawmakers are increasingly scrutinizing employers’ use of AI and automated decision tools to set or influence employee compensation.
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“If HR can’t clearly connect the dots between engagement, retention and contribution to EBITDA, it’s not a business case,” says Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of Valoir, an analyst firm experienced with the business impact of HR technology.
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Each year we compile our 10 Breakthrough Technologies list, featuring our educated predictions for which technologies will have the biggest impact on how we live and work. This year, however, we had a dilemma. While our final picks encompass all our core coverage areas (energy, AI, and biotech, plus a few more), our 2026 list…
Hyundai Motor Group is starting to look like a company building machines that act in the real world. The change centres on physical AI: Where AI is placed into robots and systems that move and respond in physical spaces. Current efforts are mainly focused on factory and industrial settings. Hyundai’s move into physical AI systems […]
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Scotiabank has launched an AI framework, Scotia Intelligence, for data and AI operations that joins various platforms, data oversight, and software tools into a single instance. According to a press release from the bank, the stated purpose of Scotia Intelligence is to give employees, especially client-facing teams, access to AI under the bank’s existing governance […]
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According to SAP, integrating agentic AI into core human capital management (HCM) modules helps target operational bloat and reduce costs. SAP’s SuccessFactors 1H 2026 release aims to anticipate administrative bottlenecks before they stall daily operations by embedding a network of AI agents across recruiting, payroll, workforce administration, and talent development. Behind the user interface, these […]
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In this tutorial, we build an advanced data analysis pipeline using Google ADK and organize it as a practical multi-agent system for real analytical work. We set up the environment, configure secure API access, create a centralized data store, and define specialized tools for loading data, exploring datasets, running statistical tests, transforming tables, generating visualizations, […]
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Understanding audio has always been the multimodal frontier that lags behind vision. While image-language models have rapidly scaled toward real-world deployment, building open models that robustly reason over speech, environmental sounds, and music — especially at length — has remained quite hard. NVIDIA and the University of Maryland researchers are now taking a direct swing […]
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Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.
A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind’s SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that, according to Google, isn’t true. The developer, going by the username Aloshdenny, has open-sourced their work on GitHub and documented his process, claiming all it […]
Anything is planning to launch a desktop companion app to aid mobile app development after its App Store removal.
The feature lets users connect Google accounts like Gmail and Photos to get personalized answers
Muddy Waters founder says bets against US stocks will have ‘wind at their backs’ as technology upends markets