Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw
Hacker News (AI keywords)12 days agoNew ToolMicrosoft unveiled Scout at Build as a new “autopilot” agent for Microsoft 365. It can connect across Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint, use an Entra identity, and interact with external apps through MCP. The release is experimental for Frontier customers, with security controls required. Analysts warn Scout may amplify existing governance problems because it can act on data, not merely surface it.
Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw
The Verge AI12 days agoNew ToolMicrosoft is launching Scout, an always-on AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw. It integrates with Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams, enabling businesses to assign virtual assistants to employees. Mentioned tasks include calendar organization, expense reporting, and drafting emails, while the supplied excerpt does not fully explain how Scout differs from Copilot.
Microsoft’s Project Solara Is an OS for AI Agent Gadgets
The Verge AI12 days agoReleaseMicrosoft announced Project Solara at Build 2026, describing it as a platform built for agent-driven experiences. The OS is based on Android rather than Windows, signaling a focus on new device formats beyond traditional PCs. Microsoft demonstrated two concept devices: a desk-oriented concept and a badge-style gadget. The available excerpt does not specify launch timing or technical details.
GitHub's Plan for Agents — Kyle Daigle, GitHub
Latent Space12 days agoBusinessGitHub helped pioneer modern AI coding with Copilot, accelerating the adoption of AI-assisted development. The subsequent rise of agentic coding has placed notable strain on the widely used developer platform. Kyle Daigle of GitHub discusses the company's plan for responding to this shift, although the provided excerpt does not specify products, features, or timelines.
Trump signs narrower AI oversight order after industry objections
TechCrunch AI12 days agoRegulationPresident Trump signed a revised executive order on AI oversight after industry objections. The narrower order requires only voluntary government reviews of advanced models before release. The provided text does not specify thresholds, review procedures, participating agencies, or the industry's objections.
OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work
TechCrunch AI12 days agoNew ToolOpenAI released new Codex capabilities intended to broaden the agentic tool's workplace uses and strengthen its appeal to enterprise customers. The company also published an internal report about how Codex is used for knowledge work. The provided excerpt does not specify the individual features or the report's detailed findings.
Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel
Hacker News (AI keywords)13 days agoEthicsA Hacker News poster says they received a self-promotional AI/LLM services email shortly after posting in a job-seeking thread. The email appeared to exploit the context of their search, turning a moment of hope into another discouraging spam interaction. The discussion broadened into concerns about AI-generated cold outreach, recruiter spam, cybersecurity pitches, and the need for basic empathy in automation.
Expanding Project Glasswing★ 76
Hacker News (AI keywords)13 days agoBusinessAnthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its program for using Claude Mythos Preview to find vulnerabilities in critical software. The new cohort includes around 150 organizations across more than 15 countries, including infrastructure providers, vendors, nonprofits, and open-source maintainers. Anthropic frames the expansion as preparation for a world where powerful cyber-capable AI models become cheaper and more widely available, shifting focus from finding bugs to validating, disclosing, patching, and deploying fixes.
ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves
TechCrunch AI13 days agoBusinessZeroDrift raised $10 million for an AI compliance service. The service sits between AI models and end users, checking messages before delivery. When an output might create a compliance problem, the system flags and replaces it, adding an intermediary control layer for AI applications.
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
TechCrunch AI13 days agoBusinessRocket engine startup Impulse raised $500 million, with hiring people positioned as the priority rather than AI. Impulse Space president Eric Romo said engineering physical systems still depends on human talent. The provided text does not specify investors, funding round, hiring targets, roles, valuation, or how the company may use AI in its workflows.
Textile Industry's AI Moment: Digital Sampling and Agentic Commerce Reshape Supply Chains
INSIDE 硬塞 AI13 days agoBusinessThe textile industry is entering a fast-moving competitive era shaped by AI. Digital sampling can accelerate material research and product development. Meanwhile, companies need digital product passports so algorithms can understand and evaluate their offerings as AI agents increasingly influence retail decisions. The shift affects both ends of the supply chain: development workflows and how products are discovered in agentic commerce.
Michael Burry says neither SpaceX nor Anthropic is worth $1T
Hacker News (AI keywords)13 days agoBusinessBased only on the headline, Michael Burry argues that neither SpaceX nor Anthropic is worth $1 trillion. The item appears to sit at the intersection of private-market valuations, AI enthusiasm, and skepticism toward highly priced technology companies. Without the article text, the specific reasoning, valuation framework, or any detailed comments about Claude or an AI bubble cannot be verified.
Supermicro Unveils Vera Rubin DCBBS Blueprint at Computex
INSIDE 硬塞 AI13 days agoHardwareAt Computex, Supermicro presented its Vera Rubin DCBBS blueprint as part of its shift from server manufacturing toward data center solutions. The strategy makes liquid cooling a standard feature for AI racks and promotes turnkey DCBBS data center construction. Supermicro is also exploring SMR energy supply, extending its infrastructure planning beyond hardware and delivery into power availability.
Anthropic Files Confidential S-1 Draft With SEC, Starting IPO Process Ahead of OpenAI★ 76
INSIDE 硬塞 AI13 days agoBusinessAnthropic has submitted a confidential S-1 draft to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, formally starting its IPO process. The company reportedly aims to list before rival OpenAI and capture early public-market demand for AI investments. The source does not disclose a valuation, fundraising target, exchange, or expected listing date.
Jensen Huang Calls Marvell the Next Trillion-Dollar Company at Computex
INSIDE 硬塞 AI13 days agoHardwareAt Computex, Marvell argued that connectivity is becoming a key bottleneck for AI infrastructure as systems scale. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang appeared at the event and described Marvell as the next trillion-dollar company. The presentation highlighted Marvell's AI connectivity stack, reflecting growing industry attention on the links supporting large-scale AI systems.
Arm Unveils Its Own AGI CPU, Deepening Its Taiwan-Linked AI Data Center Push★ 72
INSIDE 硬塞 AI13 days agoHardwareArm has introduced AGI CPU, its first processor designed for its own portfolio and aimed at AI data centers. The move expands Arm beyond its traditional business of licensing chip design blueprints to other companies. The article also highlights CEO Rene Haas's emphasis on Taiwan's importance, although the provided text does not specify manufacturing partners, specifications, or timelines.
Vercel Adds Chat SDK UI Support for Vue and Svelte
Vercel Changelog13 days agoReleaseVercel’s changelog entry announces support for building Chat SDK web interfaces in Vue or Svelte. Based on the title alone, the update appears aimed at frontend developers who want to use Vercel’s chat UI tooling outside its existing framework assumptions. No further implementation details, API changes, examples, or limitations are provided in the supplied source text.
Vercel Adds Support for Custom Slack Runtimes
Vercel Changelog13 days agoReleaseVercel published a changelog entry titled “Build custom Slack runtimes.” Based only on the title, the update appears to relate to creating or configuring custom runtime behavior for Slack-connected applications or integrations. No article body was provided, so the exact feature scope, supported APIs, setup steps, pricing impact, and intended production use cases cannot be confirmed from the source text supplied.
Signed URLs are now available for Vercel Blob
Vercel Changelog13 days agoReleaseVercel announced that signed URLs are now available for Vercel Blob. Based on the title, the feature relates to controlled access to Blob resources and may help with restricted file delivery workflows. The source text was not provided, so implementation details, expiration behavior, plan limits, and pricing implications cannot be confirmed.
Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion to pay for AI buildout
TechCrunch AI13 days agoBusinessGoogle parent Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion by selling stock to pay for its AI buildout. The provided article text does not specify the offering timeline, pricing, allocation of proceeds, or the infrastructure projects involved. The key takeaway is the scale of capital Alphabet expects to commit to AI-related expansion.
AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to usage-based pricing
Ars Technica AI13 days agoBusinessGitHub Copilot users are reacting to a new usage-based pricing system for AI features. Some report burning through their entire monthly AI credit allocation in a single day. The response highlights concerns about predictable costs and whether monthly allowances can support intensive AI-assisted development workflows.
Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP
TechCrunch AI13 days agoHardwareNvidia is pursuing the $200 billion CPU market through AI agent PCs associated with Microsoft, Dell, and HP. The potential impact depends on whether AI agents can reach mainstream users in a simple, safe, and useful way. The provided excerpt does not specify hardware models, pricing, release dates, or performance details.
Hackers Asked Meta AI for Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked★ 78
Simon Willison's Weblog13 days agoIncidentSimon Willison highlights a 404 Media report about hackers taking over Instagram accounts through Meta's AI support bot. A video reportedly shows an attacker asking the bot to link a target account to a new email address and providing a code. Willison argues this barely qualifies as prompt injection: the core failure was granting a support bot enough authority to fast-forward the account recovery process.
Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts
Ars Technica AI13 days agoIncidentHackers duped a Meta AI support chatbot into granting access to notable or valuable Instagram accounts. Some handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit. The supplied excerpt does not disclose the attack method, the number of affected accounts, the timeline, or Meta's remediation steps beyond patching the issue.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman over violent incidents in first-of-its-kind lawsuit★ 72
TechCrunch AI13 days agoRegulationFlorida has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman in a lawsuit described as the first of its kind. The case partially centers on a shooting at Florida State University last year and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident. The provided excerpt does not specify the legal claims, requested remedies, or OpenAI's response.
Gemini's new AI agent is about as good as Google's demo
The Verge AI13 days agoNew ToolGoogle's new 24/7 AI agent, Gemini Spark, can take on tasks for users and continue working on them. After receiving access last week, The Verge's reviewer found that Spark can perform surprisingly well, roughly matching Google's demo. The remaining question is whether that capability justifies the financial cost and potential privacy tradeoffs.
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders★ 78
Ars Technica AI13 days agoRegulationFlorida sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over multiple murders described as linked to ChatGPT. The state's attorney general accused Altman of an "utter disregard" for human lives. The provided excerpt does not identify the cases, explain the alleged causal links, specify the legal claims, or include OpenAI's response, so the allegations require further clarification.
Elastic Build Machines now protect against out-of-memory builds
Vercel Changelog13 days agoReleaseVercel says Elastic Build Machines now protect against out-of-memory failures during builds. Based on the available title, the update focuses on improving build reliability when memory is exhausted. The implementation details, eligible plans, activation requirements, and behavior after an OOM event cannot be confirmed because the full changelog text was not provided.
Water Access Is Now a Risk Factor in SpaceX's IPO
TechCrunch AI13 days agoBusinessSpaceX says it needs significant water resources to cool its data centers. The company identifies access to abundant, affordable water as a challenge. As SpaceX moves toward an IPO, water availability has become a risk factor for investors to consider alongside its infrastructure needs.
Allegedly trashing Airbnbs to test robots puts startup in legal trouble
Ars Technica AI13 days agoIncidentA startup is facing legal trouble over allegations that robot testing damaged an Airbnb property. The lawsuit seeks $12,000 from the company, according to the provided article summary. The available excerpt does not identify the startup, describe the robot, detail the alleged damage, or state whether a court has ruled on the claim.