The Economist

How artificial intelligence got better at building itself

The systems have improved in quality of output as well as quantity. An influential benchmark from METR, a think-tank, shows ...

Inside Microsoft’s Project Solara: A new platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps

A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android ...
Forbes

Claude Can Now Control Your Computer (What’s New In AI Right Now)

This week, AI agents gained desktop control, while 20% of companies captured 74% of AI's economic gains by redesigning workflows. Apple's 50th anniversary underscored consistent branding, and OpenAI's ...
CNET

Microsoft Build 2026 Recap: AI in Windows, Data Center Conflicts and Chips Galore

Live from San Francisco, we compiled all the biggest news from Microsoft's annual developer conference. This is how Microsoft sees the future of AI computing.

Perplexity unveils ‘Computer’, AI platform CEO says can help build and run entire businesses

The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2022, first gained prominence through its AI-powered answer engine that delivers ...

Microsoft Build highlights: AI, native apps, and new developer hardware

Build 2026 laid out the future of Windows 11 computing and laid the groundwork for the next category of AI devices.

I lecture at Stanford and interview for an AI firm. I want candidates to have one key quality.

A Stanford lecturer and a chief product officer who worked at Airbnb and WeWork wants interview candidates to prove they are ...
VentureBeat

Perplexity takes its ‘Computer’ AI agent into the enterprise, taking aim at Microsoft and Salesforce

Perplexity, the AI-powered search company valued at $20 billion, announced on Wednesday at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference that its multi-model AI agent, Computer, is now available to ...