Briefing

Author Talks: Read the room before you lead it

Are the signals that shape power, trust, and influence hiding in plain sight? Calibrate CEO Pamela Meyer says spotting them can help leaders avoid missteps and …

This doorbell camera lets a human security guard watch your front door

DIY home security company SimpliSafe is bringing its AI-powered proactive security feature to the front door. The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 launche…

The strategic new arenas reshaping insurance

AI is not the only significant driver of change for insurers: 18 high-growth industries present major new opportunities even as they reconfigure industry econom…

Backbones and networks: A blueprint for the biopharma plant of the future

As their portfolios become more complex and productivity gains slow, biopharma manufacturers are investing heavily to keep pace with rising demand. But capacity…

Andrew McAfee on AI, jobs, and ‘permissionless innovation’

What if the biggest risk isn’t too much technological progress—but too little?…

McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2026

Which frontier technologies matter most for companies in 2026? Our annual report highlights the latest technology innovations, developments, and talent trends a…

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New insights from Google’s AI & Economy ATLAS

We’ve translated ATLAS’s millions of global data points into an interactive, open-access experience.…

What must happen for AI’s trillion-dollar gamble to pay off

When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, wanted to assess AI’s impact on the economy over the next few year…

What execs and politicians are saying about slowing down AI development

Dario Amodei kicked off a flood of statements over the past few days about AI safety by publishing a long essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier" detailing why…

Manage end-user OAuth consent for AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Identity now offers a Consent portal, a managed web experience and session binding endpoint for AgentCore Gateway. This post walks thro…

Abnormal AI: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore for agentic email security at scale

Learn how Abnormal AI deployed Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter as an ephemeral compute scratch pad for the agents behind its real-time email threat de…

Claude Code v2.1.271

Watch astronaut Christina Koch and Google’s James Manyika discuss space, technology, and discovery.

Christina Koch sits down with James Manyika, Google’s Senior Vice President of Research, Labs, Technology & Society.…

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Samuel D. Adkisson, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Philip Axt, of North…

A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup from a former Spotify leader for making music apps

Former Spotify exec's company releases experimental "singles" that involves users in music making.…

Warrior Ethos in Action: DUDE 44 Bravo’s Incredible Story

For the first time, a U.S. Air Force officer shot down over Iran — mission call sign DUDE 44 Bravo — told America his story. In an exclusive 60 Minutes intervie…

The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?

This story appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This weekend, Dario Amodei, CEO o…

Inside Sakana AI’s Product Team

Automate replenishment with MMF, Databricks Genie, and Amazon Quick

Foundation models made catalog-wide demand forecasting easy; the hard part is now acting on the forecast. This post builds a closed detect-decide-act loop on Da…

The generative AI customization spectrum: From prompt engineering to custom models on AWS

Pick the right generative AI customization approach on AWS with an 8-step decision framework, from prompt engineering and RAG to fine-tuning, continued pre-trai…

How Ninth Wave built AI-powered open finance onboarding on Amazon Bedrock

Learn how Ninth Wave built Compass, a multi-agent AI onboarding assistant on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore that validates bank APIs against Financial Data Exchange (…

Configure cost and quality in Copilot auto model selection

GitHub Copilot auto model selection now offers three tiers: efficiency, balance, and intelligence. Choose the tier that reflects how you want auto to weigh cost…

AI agents blew the whistle on their cheating colleagues

A group of AI agents asked to solve a series of math problems split into rival factions—when some cheated, others tried to stop them. That whistleblowing behavi…

DevFest is back

DevFest 2026 is back and here’s how you can connect with one of the more than 800 global events to build, secure, and scale in the agentic AI era.…

Perplexity Portable Computer Is Now Available on Windows, Powered by NVIDIA RTX

As local models become more capable, AI agents can handle more work directly on a PC while keeping sensitive information on the device. Portable Computer is a l…

Stacking the odds: A blueprint for successfully scaling agentic AI

Many enterprises are scaling AI agents faster than they are redesigning the work underneath. A detailed blueprint supports the rollout and lays the groundwork f…

ChinAI #374: China’s first AI-generated longform TV series

Greetings from a world where……

How Fyxer built an AI executive assistant people trust

Fyxer uses OpenAI models, fine-tuning, memory, and real user feedback to organize inboxes and draft emails in each user’s voice.…

Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Battle of Fort McHenry

In September of 1814, 1,000 American patriots heroically defended our young Nation’s sovereignty at the Battle of Fort McHenry, where they halted the British in…