Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant
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Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant

Microsoft has launched Scout, a new AI assistant designed to integrate OpenClaw-inspired capabilities into the...

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Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior
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Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

Microsoft has introduced a specification that allows developer, compliance, and security teams to define policies for...

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Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off
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Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off

Microsoft has introduced Scout, an AI agent that integrates into Teams to automate routine office tasks. The agent...

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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams
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Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

Google is deploying fake call detection technology to combat AI-powered deepfake scams where fraudsters spoof trusted...

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Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw
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Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw

Microsoft has launched Scout, a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw that integrates with Microsoft 365 apps...

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Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
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Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts

Google is launching a new feature in its Phone app that detects and flags calls from scammers impersonating your...

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TinyFish Launches BigSet: An Open-Source Multi-Agent System That Builds Structured Live Datasets from Plain-English Descriptions
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TinyFish Launches BigSet: An Open-Source Multi-Agent System That Builds Structured Live Datasets from Plain-English Descriptions

TinyFish has launched BigSet, an open-source multi-agent system that converts plain-English dataset descriptions into...

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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature
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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature

Amazon faces a class action lawsuit over its Ring Familiar Faces feature, which allegedly stores images of passersby...

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Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets
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Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets

Microsoft announced Project Solara, a new operating system built on Android designed specifically for AI agent-powered...

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Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t
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Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t

Microsoft announced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a miniature PC powered by Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark chips...

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Anthropic scales Project Glasswing to 150 partners across 15 countries to hunt critical software flaws
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Anthropic scales Project Glasswing to 150 partners across 15 countries to hunt critical software flaws

Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing to 150 partners across 15+ countries to identify security vulnerabilities in...

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Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections 
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Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections 

President Trump signed a revised executive order on AI oversight that requires only voluntary prerelease government...

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OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work
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OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work

OpenAI released six specialized plug-ins for Codex designed for white-collar professions including data analytics,...

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Microsoft Build 2026: All the news about Windows, AI, RTX Spark, and more
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Microsoft Build 2026: All the news about Windows, AI, RTX Spark, and more

Microsoft Build 2026 is launching with announcements about new AI models, agentic tools similar to OpenClaw, and...

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Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal
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Alphabet Sets $80B AI Funding Goal

Alphabet is setting an $80 billion funding goal for AI initiatives, with Berkshire Hathaway committing $10 billion to...

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Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget
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Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget

Opal, known for making premium webcams, is pivoting to consumer electronics with backing from OpenAI and Samsung. The...

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Why VivaTech 2026 is the place to see Europe’s AI strategy take shape
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Why VivaTech 2026 is the place to see Europe’s AI strategy take shape

VivaTech 2026 is positioned as a platform where Europe will present its distinct AI strategy, separate from the...

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Anthropic scales Claude Mythos  to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
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Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries

Anthropic is expanding its Project Glasswing security vulnerability program and scaling access to Claude Mythos to 150...

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Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
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Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet

Google's new AI agent Spark demonstrates significant improvements over previous AI travel planning tools, showing the...

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