Microsoft has introduced a new security framework designed to contain AI agents running on Windows devices. Called Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), the system lets developers and IT administrators define precisely what an AI agent is allowed to do — and enforces those rules at the level of the operating system kernel. Michael Nuñez reports for …
Microsoft Scout is an always-on AI agent that manages emails, calendar conflicts, and internal messages on behalf of office workers. Reece Rogers reports for WIRED that Microsoft announced Scout at its Build developer conference. Scout is built on top of OpenClaw, an AI tool that attracted early adopters in San Francisco at the start of …
OpenAI’s AI agent Codex has grown far beyond its origins as a tool for software developers. According to two new publications from OpenAI, the system now counts more than 5 million weekly active users and is increasingly used by professionals across industries to handle the routine, time-consuming work of modern office life. OpenAI writes and …
A German appeals court has ruled that online retailers are fully liable for misleading information generated by their AI chatbots. Yvonne Bachmann reports for Händlerbund News that the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (Oberlandesgericht Hamm) issued the ruling on 12 May 2026 (case reference: 4 UKl 3/25). The case was brought by the consumer protection …
Odysseus is a new open-source project that lets users run a full-featured AI workspace on their own hardware. Developer pewdiepie-archdaemon publishes the project on GitHub as a self-hosted alternative to commercial AI interfaces such as ChatGPT and Claude, with a strong focus on privacy and local data storage. And, yes, that PewDiePie, the YouTube guy. …
Nvidia’s new Nemotron 3 Ultra has claimed the top spot among open AI models from the United States. Maximilian Schreiner reports for The Decoder that the model scores 48 points on the Artificial Analysis intelligence ranking, putting it clearly ahead of other open US models. For comparison, Google’s Gemma 4 31B scores 39 points, Nvidia’s …
An AI detection tool called Pangram has become the dominant force in identifying AI-generated writing, influencing decisions at publishers, universities, and scientific institutions. Matteo Wong reports for The Atlantic that Pangram has been used to flag a horror novel pulled before publication, articles in major newspapers, award-winning short stories, and portions of Pope Leo XIV’s …
Microsoft opens its annual Build conference in San Francisco this week, aiming to rebuild trust with developers at a moment of significant change. Tom Warren reports for The Verge that sources point to a packed agenda, including new AI models, a revamped Windows developer experience, and a so-called Copilot “super app.” Windows gets a developer-focused …
A new simulation by enterprise AI startup Emergence AI tested what happens when AI models run a society. Jake Angelo reports for Fortune that each of five AI models governed its own 15-day simulated world, with strikingly different outcomes. The simulation featured over 40 locations, real-time weather data synced to New York City, access to …
OpenAI and Anthropic appear to have crossed a critical threshold: their AI coding agents are generating substantial revenue, and both companies have quietly restructured their pricing to capture it. Simon Willison writes for his weblog that the two leading AI labs have found product-market fit, driven by a shift toward enterprise customers paying full API …