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Google's UCP Debuts, IBM Sovereign Core, AI Risks | Ep. 37
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (322+ words) In today's 2-Minute Tech Briefing, Google rolls out the Universal Commerce Protocol to let AI agents, retailers, and payment networks speak the same checkout language'cutting redirects and tab-hopping. Plus, IBM expands sovereign computing with a multi-cloud Sovereign Core stack. And…...
Open AI's Sora exit signals enterprise-first AI shift
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (487+ words) Open AI has discontinued its AI video generation platform Sora. The company announced the development in a sudden and unexpected post on X, stating that it was "saying goodbye" to the Sora app. "We're saying goodbye to the Sora app....
DARPA wants to help AI agents to talk to one another
2+ week, 5+ day ago (216+ words) Let Agentic AI speak unto Agentic AI " but in some kind of mathematical code. That's the thinking behind the MATHBAC (Mathematics for Boosting Agentic Communication) project, which aims to develop a new area of AI communication, one in which AI…...
The top priority for Adobe's next CEO? Prepping for the "age of agents'
2+ week, 6+ day ago (876+ words) Adobe's Shantanu Narayen announced plans to step down as CEO last month after 18 years leading software vendor through several periods of tech change from the arrival of the cloud, mobile computing, and the early days of artificial intelligence. " For whomever…...
Open AI calls for a four-day workweek " and a 'robot tax"
3+ week, 1+ day ago (156+ words) Open AI calls for a four-day workweek " and a "robot tax'Computerworld Open AI has released a new policy paper outlining several proposals to address the economic consequences of rapid AI development. The document comes amid growing concerns that AI could…...
California to bar AI vendors that can't prove bias safeguards
4+ week, 1+ day ago (400+ words) AI vendors selling to the California state government must prove they have safeguards against algorithmic bias, civil rights violations, and illegal content, or risk being barred from state contracts, under an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The order…...
The 'AI slop' backlash kills Sora
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (981+ words) Open AI just killed Sora. That's an amazing development. When the company rolled out the video-creation site, and later the app, reviewers called it a trailblazer because it combined video creations with sound effects, spoken dialog, and the ability for…...
Open AI's desktop superapp: The end of Chat GPT as we know it?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (526+ words) Open AI is reportedly planning to fold its Chat GPT application, Codex coding platform, and AI-powered browser into a single desktop "superapp, a move that signals a shift toward enterprise and developer audiences and away from the consumer market that…...
Apple's Siri future is hybrid, integrated " and already here
3+ mon, 2+ hour ago (672+ words) Apple covered a lot of ground Thursday when it'announced record Q1 results, but perhaps what mattered most were the insights into how the company now thinks about artificial intelligence, Siri, and Google Gemini. "These AI experiences are personal, private, integrated across…...