Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant
Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system.
Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior
The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.
Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams
As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers.
Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial-recognition feature
The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections
After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.
OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work
OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new…
Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its security vulnerability program, and access to Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries — targeting critical infrastructure in power, water, healthcare, and communications where a cyberattack could af…
ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves
A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem.
Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI
Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo.
Alphabet plans to raise $80B to pay for AI buildout
“The company is experiencing strong demand for its AI solutions and services from enterprises and consumers, at levels that are exceeding the company’s available supply,” Alphabet said in its statement.