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Salesforce expands Agent Fabric with AI evaluations to trigger shutdowns when agents fail

The broader proposition is to shorten the distance between discovering a problem and addressing it.

In Albania, rural youth are campaigning to solve local environmental problems

Their phones and creativity are enough when they have a clear purpose and guidance.

Attackers turn GitHub issues into supply chain campaign against 61 public repos in less than an hour

'The workflow automatically is triggered within a second, and if the workflow is indeed vulnerable, then the attack is executed successfully'

OpenAI rewrites its AI rulebook around five core values

OpenAI's updated Model Spec builds its AI's behaviour around five values, drops most style rules and calls the model GPT, not "the assistant".

Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws

Charges filed as Trump admin tries to save Kalshi from Utah's total ban on gambling.

Computerized clairvoyance: psychics push back against AI-generated readings

Human practitioners warn computer-generated offerings lack the empathy and connection central to divination

DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17B | TechCrunch

The acquisition would bring two major players in on-demand delivery under one roof, combining DoorDash’s dominance in restaurant takeout with Instacart’s reach in grocery delivery.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang may have been the target of a Chinese government spy - Engadget

President Trump reportedly chose to do nothing in response.

“Urgency is an inherently subjective call”: Anthropic tells TNS how it grades Claude Duet

Anthropic’s Claude Duet is an AI agent that decides what needs your attention. Here’s how it tests its judgment — and where it still falls short.

A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System

Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.

Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, retaking the world's no. 1 spot on updated, harder benchmarks — but...

Carbon improves substantially over Argon in coding and knowledge work, but trails several rivals on professional tasks and records a higher hallucination rate than Argon on a factual-knowledge test.

Fish scarcity, tar balls, and stranded dolphins: The hidden costs of offshore platforms in Cameroon...

...oil and gas contributed FCFA 774.51 billion (USD 1.3 million) to the budget. However, these oil rigs threaten biodiversity and compromise the well-being of coastal and Indigenous communities. 

Man spends 35 years collecting corporate waffle, turns it into an app

Why waste time thinking of something useful to say when an app can leverage synergies for you?

Apple launches its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, from $2,899

Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro adds a touchscreen, an OLED display and a Dynamic Island, ending two decades of resistance. Prices start at $2,899.

Florida county won’t investigate sketchy Flock cameras removed by mystery owners

Florida county claims it lacks resources to find owners of unpermitted Flock cameras.

‘Sloppy gruesomeness’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey film

Tesla tycoon launched Grok project after criticising Christoper Nolan’s diverse casting for his Homeric blockbuster

Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the 'For You' feed | TechCrunch

The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.

New York governor signs AI chatbot child safety law - Engadget

A separate law aims to shore up security on connected baby monitors.

Google built AI agents a world to practice in. The physics still aren’t quite right.

Google DeepMind’s Genie 4 world model lets AI agents practice multi-step tasks in generated worlds, but shaky physics limits how much to trust it.

OpenAI launching election war room to track interference efforts