Sesame, the conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, launches iOS app
TechCrunch AI17 days agoNew ToolSesame, a conversational AI startup from Oculus founders, has launched a new iOS app for the public. The app brings its AI agents to users with a focus on more natural back-and-forth interactions. Based on the available summary, the product is positioned less like a traditional chatbot and more like talking to a person.
Robinhood Will Let Your AI Agent Trade Stocks and Make or Lose Money
The Verge AI18 days agoBusinessRobinhood says traders can create a separate account for an AI agent and fund it with a chosen amount of money. The agent will then be able to buy and sell stocks across the market. The move pushes AI agents beyond advice or research into direct financial action, with real gains and losses possible.
Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks
TechCrunch AI18 days agoBusinessRobinhood will allow users to create a separate account with a pre-loaded balance that an AI agent can use to trade stocks. The limited description suggests a structure where agent activity is separated from the user’s main funds. The article does not specify supported agents, risk controls, launch timing, confirmation flows, or eligible assets.
Google Cloud on Moving Enterprise AI Agents from PoC to Production
INSIDE 硬塞 AI18 days agoBusinessINSIDE frames enterprise AI through a sharp ROI gap: a 2025 MIT survey said 95% of companies had not seen returns despite massive AI spending. It also cites Gartner’s forecast that Fortune 500 companies may average 150,000 agents by 2028. The article focuses on Google Cloud’s view of how enterprises should prepare for AI agents and allocate IT budgets for real deployment.
Some ideas for what comes next, May 2026
Interconnects (Nathan L.)19 days agoCommentaryNathan Lambert argues that 2026 AI progress is becoming higher-stakes, with model capabilities, work patterns, economics, and real-world risks all escalating. He says open models still lack a true Claude Code and Opus 4.5-style agent moment, and Gemini has no clear competitor to Claude Code or Codex yet. The essay also tracks Mythos, American open-model momentum, frontier-lab competition, and mounting intervention from governments and other power structures.
Import AI 458: Reckoning with the future; and a singularity story★ 74
Import AI (Jack Clark)19 days agoCommentaryThis Import AI issue is a long essay and fiction piece about living through rapid AI progress. Clark uses personal experience and Anthropic’s internal use of Claude to show work shifting toward delegation, verification, observability, and agent management. He then offers speculative 2026-2028 predictions around biology, autonomous companies, robotics, recursive self-improvement, and a positive singularity story focused on healthcare.