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The White House Government Transparency Task Force Fact Sheet
Policy

The White House Government Transparency Task Force Fact Sheet

The White House Government Transparency Task Force releases the following fact sheet approved by the directors of the Office of the Director of National Intelli…

The new advantage in the age of AI: Building in the real world
Practice

The new advantage in the age of AI: Building in the real world

As AI accelerates the digital economy, the real constraint is physical: housing, power, and infrastructure. Laura Hines-Pierce, co-CEO of Hines, explains why ex…

AI transformations: Views from AMD, Dell, Liquid AI, and Mercedes-Benz
Practice

AI transformations: Views from AMD, Dell, Liquid AI, and Mercedes-Benz

Executives from AMD, Dell, Liquid AI, and Mercedes-Benz discuss how to structure processes with AI in mind and why enterprise-wide transformation is about peopl…

1 Billion ChatGPT users
Briefing

1 Billion ChatGPT users

tinkering with tldraw is so much fun…

EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe's computing capacity and unlock more than €30 billion in investment
Policy

EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe's computing capacity and unlock more than €30 billion in investment

EU launches AI Gigafactories call to boost Europe's computing capacity and unlock more than €30 billion in investment Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 07/30/2026 -…

A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
Research

A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack

It is impossible to make large language models fully secure against hacks because of a fundamental flaw in how they work, a team of researchers argue in a paper…

From CUDA to MLX: How K-Search Brings Decades of Kernel Expertise to Apple Silicon
Research

From CUDA to MLX: How K-Search Brings Decades of Kernel Expertise to Apple Silicon

Figure 1: CUDA-to-MLX optimization translation map. CUDA optimization knowledge can be translated into architecture-native MLX strategies rather than copied ins…

How enabling two settings tripled our scores on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark
Labs

How enabling two settings tripled our scores on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark

How two API settings improved GPT-5.6 performance on ARC-AGI-3, boosting scores and efficiency by retaining reasoning and enabling compaction.…

How we secure Figma’s internal systems with agents
Create

How we secure Figma’s internal systems with agents

Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available
Create

Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available

Copilot code review support for agent skills and MCP servers is now generally available for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. Previously an…

Presidential Message on the Birthday of Alexis de Tocqueville
Policy

Presidential Message on the Birthday of Alexis de Tocqueville

Today, our Nation honors the life, legacy, and enduring wisdom of Alexis de Tocqueville—a great witness to the promise of our young Republic and one of the most…

How GPT-5.6 fuses frontier intelligence with frontier efficiency
Labs

How GPT-5.6 fuses frontier intelligence with frontier efficiency

GPT-5.6 improves AI efficiency across models, inference, and agentic workflows, helping deliver more useful intelligence per dollar.…

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners
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Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners

AI home management startup Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, wants to become an “AI for your home,” combining property records, maintenance schedules, home do…

Crime Plummets to Another Historic Low Under President Trump
Policy

Crime Plummets to Another Historic Low Under President Trump

Under President Donald J. Trump, violent crime is collapsing at a pace unmatched in modern American history. A new mid-year report confirms that homicides are a…

Automating customer retention workflows in Amazon Quick
Practice

Automating customer retention workflows in Amazon Quick

Learn how to build a no-code customer retention pipeline in Amazon Quick that detects at-risk customers from call transcripts and CSAT data, scores them by rete…

Generate Autonomous Business Insights with AI Agent and MCP Servers
Practice

Generate Autonomous Business Insights with AI Agent and MCP Servers

Learn how Amazon Bedrock AgentCore delivers autonomous, cross-system business intelligence through configuration rather than custom code. Using pre-built MCP se…

What’s new in Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform
Practice

What’s new in Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Since we launched Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform a few months ago, we’ve seen inspiring progress from businesses and builders alike. To stir up development, w…

Automate your agent development lifecycle using any coding agent
Practice

Automate your agent development lifecycle using any coding agent

Welcome to our latest Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform deep dive, a practical walkthrough where we’ll teach you how to build real-world, production-ready agents…

Authenticate with Private Key JWT using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity
Practice

Authenticate with Private Key JWT using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity

This post explains how Private Key JWT client authentication works in AgentCore Identity and reviews the supported grant flows. We then walk through creating an…

Default model enablement for Copilot Business and Enterprise
Create

Default model enablement for Copilot Business and Enterprise

We’re introducing a global default enablement policy for generally available Copilot models on Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise plans. Instead of r…

Accelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic Researchers
Labs

Accelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic Researchers

OpenAI is giving 100,000 academic researchers free access to ChatGPT's most advanced AI models to accelerate scientific research, collaboration, and discovery.…

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Unites Industry and State Leaders to Protect American Ratepayers
Policy

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Unites Industry and State Leaders to Protect American Ratepayers

At the EPA Headquarters on Thursday, President Trump convened utilities, data center developers, and state leaders to announce a major expansion of his administ…

President Trump on Fox & Friends: America’s Unrelenting Strength Keeps Maximum Pressure on Iran
Policy

President Trump on Fox & Friends: America’s Unrelenting Strength Keeps Maximum Pressure on Iran

This morning on Fox & Friends, President Donald J. Trump delivered a clear, uncompromising update on U.S. operations against Iran. President Trump detailed …

How SOCAR transformed a fertilizer leader in Azerbaijan with industrial AI
Practice

How SOCAR transformed a fertilizer leader in Azerbaijan with industrial AI

Azerbaijan’s national energy company set out to digitalize one of its most strategic industrial assets. With bold leadership, deep workforce upskilling, and a r…

Investing in Pangram to Stop AI Slop on the Internet
Practice

Investing in Pangram to Stop AI Slop on the Internet

Why it’s critical to prevent polluting the internet This is a seminal moment for human history. Stop and think about it. We have invented a machine that now cre…

Dreaming in Voxels: How AI is Generating Playable Minecraft Worlds
Labs

Dreaming in Voxels: How AI is Generating Playable Minecraft Worlds

OpenAI Agents SDK v0.19.1
Agents

OpenAI Agents SDK v0.19.1

GitHub Copilot app usage metrics now expand across report rollups
Create

GitHub Copilot app usage metrics now expand across report rollups

Copilot app usage is now reported across much more of the Copilot usage metrics API. Individual Copilot app activity is now attributed to users in the enterpris…

The CEO’s critical role in building new businesses
Practice

The CEO’s critical role in building new businesses

Venture building works best when it’s part of a dual-track strategy—launching new businesses alongside the core—with clear oversight from the CEO on capital all…

How AgentCore Gateway supports the MCP 2026-07-28 spec
Practice

How AgentCore Gateway supports the MCP 2026-07-28 spec

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) published its 2026-07-28 specification, the largest revision since launch: MCP is now stateless, with a governed extensions sys…