IBM argues that as AI agents take on more work, companies need an operating model linking agent actions to customer outcomes, infrastructure and financial accountability. Its approach folds automation, data and operational signals into one framework.
The Verge criticises a growing wave of consumer gadgets that record everyone around them, whether or not they consent. With AI personal assistants such as Meta's Muse, users are asked to hand over not only their own data but other people's too.
Google DeepMind describes how Google Antigravity for Science is being used to speed up the search for new antimicrobial peptides.
CarbonAI's $12 million round, led by Cowboy Ventures, funds AI agents for underwriting, due diligence and post-close monitoring of commercial real estate loans. The EU AI Act treats consumer credit decisions as high-risk but not corporate lending, a distinction that blurs when a sponsor provides a personal guarantee.
Vercel's recap of its Ship 2026 events in five cities frames the company's next phase around infrastructure built for AI agents. CEO Guillermo Rauch described generated interfaces, agents that find and fix bugs on their own, and software that improves from production data.
Meta's engineering team explains how it built Forum, a new app for deeper discussion in Facebook groups, by bringing an AI agent into the development cycle. The post shares lessons from that change in how the team worked.