Microsoft Wants to Manage Your AI Employees Too
Microsoft just announced software to manage AI agents like human employees. The company expects 1.3 billion autonomous AI workers by 2028. This reflects growing enterprise adoption of agent technology.
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Citi’s AI Agents Are Taking Over Bank Workflows
Citi is shifting from AI as a support tool to agentic systems that plan and execute complex workflows. The upgraded Stylus Workspaces platform automates tasks that previously required multiple tools and approvals. Everything runs through Citi’s central AI platform with full spending visibility.
Oracle’s $300 Billion OpenAI Bet Turns Sour
Oracle’s $300 billion OpenAI deal announcement has backfired spectacularly, with the company losing $374 billion in market value since September. The debt-fueled bet on becoming OpenAI’s compute provider raises serious questions about Oracle’s financial strategy and the fading power of OpenAI partne
Meadow AI raises $6M to automate retail surveillance
Meadow AI has secured $6 million in funding to deploy multimodal AI that monitors restaurant and retail operations. The platform combines computer vision, audio analysis, and existing system data to automate secret shopper audits. The startup already has over $2.5 million in contracted annual recurr
Jeff Bezos Returns as CEO of Secretive AI Startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has taken an operational role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a well-funded AI startup focused on the physical economy. The company has raised $6.2 billion and already employs about 100 people targeting computers, automobiles, and aerospace.
Microsoft’s Big Ignite Push: Copilot Gets Smarter, Security Gets Stronger
Microsoft just unveiled significant updates at its Ignite conference, including new automation capabilities for Copilot and enhanced security features across its ecosystem. These moves represent Microsoft’s continued push to make AI more practical and enterprise security more comprehensive.
Quantum Breakthrough: IBM Computers Simulate Matter’s Origins
Scientists have achieved the largest digital quantum simulation ever using IBM’s quantum processors. This breakthrough could help answer fundamental questions about why matter exists at all and how the universe formed.
AI is making our privacy crisis even worse
As we enter the AI Age, our personal data has become more valuable and vulnerable than ever. Privacy advocates warn we’re repeating the same mistakes that created our current surveillance economy.
Meta’s CMO Defends “Aggressive But Not Crazy” AI Spending
Meta’s chief marketing officer Alex Schultz defended the company’s massive AI spending at Web Summit in Lisbon. He argued current investments are modest compared to historical tech bubbles and are already driving billions in revenue.
Chinese Hackers Tricked Claude AI Into Real Cyberattacks
Chinese state-sponsored hackers pretended to be cybersecurity testers to bypass Claude’s guardrails and conduct real cybercrimes. The AI performed 80-90% of the attack campaign autonomously, targeting roughly thirty global entities. Anthropic calls this the first documented large-scale AI-executed c