Google Cloud has introduced a universal Gemini agent designed to handle enterprise tasks that can span several applications and continue for hours or days. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the system will work across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack and other business tools. Google positions the agent as a single interface for larger assignments. …
Microsoft and startup Ghost are introducing expensive new computers built to run AI models locally, reflecting a growing push to make AI work less dependent on cloud services. Microsoft has opened preorders for its Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact developer system priced at $5,999 and scheduled to ship in November. The device uses …
Mistral has opened a public preview of Mistral Large 4, its largest model so far and a major addition to the market for open-weight AI systems. The company says it will release the model weights later this month, allowing organizations to run and adapt the system on their own infrastructure. The French AI company describes …
Anthropic is advising Claude users to give its Opus 5.5 model clearer goals, then allow it to work with less frequent intervention. The company’s guidance focuses on long tasks, reviewing results, handling documents and images, and avoiding prompt habits that may no longer be useful. Addy Osmani writes for Anthropic that Opus 5.5 is designed …
Aleph Alpha has released Kolibri, an open-weight language model designed for German and English work in regulated organizations. The company positions the model for public administration, industry, aerospace, banks, and other users that want to operate AI systems on their own infrastructure. Kolibri uses a mixture-of-experts architecture. It contains 78.1 billion parameters in total, but …
Cloudflare has introduced Clef and Clef-flash, two open-weight AI models designed to make fast, structured decisions inside automated workflows. The company positions them as alternatives to Typesafe AI’s Jev, a decision model built to answer bounded questions such as yes or no, multiple choice, and ranked options. The models are available through Cloudflare Workers AI …
The cost of achieving a given level of AI performance is falling at an unusually fast pace, according to two recent analyses. That shift could make AI a routine component of software tools rather than a separately priced service, affecting everything from content workflows to search, security, and internal business systems. Alex Tabarrok writes for …
In one of my webinars, someone asked: “What about security concerns when you give an AI agent control?” This is an important and interesting question. On the one hand, AI agents promise to take over our busy work. Because of this, we want to delegate as many tasks as possible. On the other hand, the …
Google has introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model designed for long, complex tasks in software development, professional research, and cybersecurity. The company is initially making the model available to a small group of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program, rather than releasing it broadly at launch. Google says Argon can handle …
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Space, a shared workspace for documents, files, and AI-assisted content. The feature gives users a way to organize work beyond individual chats, while allowing colleagues to collaborate on the same material and use ChatGPT separately to revise it. Space is available to ChatGPT Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers, although OpenAI …