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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…

Australia’s next century of plenty

Australia’s prosperity has been built through deliberate choices, investment, and reinvention. After a lost decade of growth, the nation can draw on its strengt…

OpenAI’s rogue AI tried to hack another company in May

In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that…

Claude Code v2.1.270

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OpenAI just wants to win

OpenAI has spent the last few years planting flags across the increasingly difficult terrain in mathematics. This week, it claimed one of its biggest prizes yet…

Cognition helps Devin test its own work with GPT‑6 Astra

GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin’s ability to test software and show that it works, with the goal of helping engineers review less code and ship more.…

Perplexity trusts GPT-6 Astra with end-to-end systems

Perplexity uses Astra to write communications, change software, and monitor production systems, and checks in much less frequently than with earlier models.…

Lawyer fined $5K over AI-hallucinated witnesses in a murder case

New Mexico's Supreme Court is punishing a lawyer for including AI-fabricated witnesses and fake police testimony in an appeal for his client's murder conviction…

LNG buyers’ sentiment: Disruption and implications for procurement

In the wake of disruption to transit in the Strait of Hormuz, buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are anticipating shifts in their procurement strategies. Her…

Source material: Creative technologist Marisa Chentakul is tired of calling things “slop”

Auto-resolution and analysis updates in Copilot code review

Copilot code review now resolves its own comments once you address them and writes smart commit messages for you when you apply its code suggestions. Behind the…

Add VS Code Agents to Copilot usage metrics

GitHub Copilot usage metrics reports now include generally available metrics for activity in the dedicated VS Code Agents window, helping you measure adoption a…

Roundtables: Will AI really kill us all?

Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this m…

Congressional Bills H.R. 1276, H.R. 2069, H.R. 2196 and H.R. 5366 Signed into Law

On Friday, September 11, 2026, the President signed into law: H.R. 1276, which directs the Department of the Interior to remove all deed restriction from an app…

Competing against Chinese innovation speed in European trucking

Chinese truck OEMs are building an inevitable presence in Europe—what their advantages are and how European truck OEMs could remain competitive…

Capturing life cycle value in Europe’s trucking industry

The vast majority of Europe’s truck-related revenue flows after a vehicle is sold. Capturing that value presents a major growth opportunity.…

Mastering autonomous truck technology in Europe

The advent of autonomous trucks and buses is set to define new form factors and business models, but Europe risks falling behind.…

Zero-emission trucks: Accelerating Europe’s transition

Challenges across the ecosystem delay the transition to zero-emission trucks, resulting in rising pressure on European OEMs due to potential CO2 penalties and g…

Competing in the fast lane—the future of Europe’s truck industry

The rules of the road are changing fast for Europe’s truck industry. Here’s how it can compete in an age of AI, disruption, and automation.…

Harnessing AI to accelerate European truck operations

Agentic and physical AI can rewire the commercial vehicle industry for next-level performance and competitiveness.…

Claude Code v2.1.269

Build interactive MCP Apps using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Learn how to build and deploy an MCP App with interactive HTML widgets on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. Because MCP Apps is a host-agnostic standard, the same serve…

Beyond the price per token: Choosing the right OpenAI model on Amazon Bedrock for your workload

Comparing models on dollars per million tokens misses what production workloads actually pay for: outcomes. This post shares an open-source benchmarking harness…

Monitoring production agent lifecycle with AWS DevOps Agent and AgentCore Evaluations

Multi-agent systems fail in ways traditional monitoring misses. This post presents a dual-layer approach to monitoring production agents: Amazon Bedrock AgentCo…

Strategic re-underwriting in private equity

Private equity firms are under increasing pressure to create value in a tougher market, with longer hold times and evolving value creation theses. Leading funds…