Pentagon Launches Project Meridian With Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich
The Pentagon has launched Project Meridian, a 120-day effort to study how future wars could be fought and identify technologies the US military may need to develop, test, and deploy.…
Factory CEO Accuses Board Adviser of Sharing Information With Rival Cognition
Factory CEO Matan Grinberg has accused former board adviser Chris Degnan of sharing confidential information with rival AI coding company Cognition while advising Factory. Degnan denies the allegation and says…
Pentagon Data Breach Exposes Personal Records of More Than 3 Million People
More than 3 million current and former US military personnel, civilian workers, and others had personal information exposed in a months-long breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center, including Social…
DoorDash Unveils Six-Propeller Drone for DoorDash Air Delivery Service
DoorDash has unveiled a six-propeller autonomous aircraft for DoorDash Air, its in-house drone delivery service, after first developing the ground systems needed to move food from restaurant kitchens to customers.…
OpenAI Introduces Decisions API for Fast, Low-Cost Software Automation
OpenAI has introduced a new Decisions API that uses its Luna model to choose between predefined answers for tasks such as classification, routing, and agent actions. The limited-preview tool is…
Meta Disputes Claim That Muse Read Private Messages Without Permission
Meta has disputed a journalist’s claim that its Muse AI agent accessed private Apple Messages without permission, saying the integration requires users to explicitly enable multiple system and application-level controls.…
Consumer AI Agents Gain Momentum as Monetization Questions Persist
Consumer AI agents are attracting users and investors as products such as Meta’s Muse, OpenAI’s Dots, and Instinct take on everyday tasks including travel bookings, restaurant reservations, and subscription cancellations.…
DoorDash Launches AI Agent That Lets Users Order Food Through Apple Messages
DoorDash is launching an AI-powered ordering agent that lets users find food, build a cart, and place orders through Apple Messages without navigating the DoorDash app. The system can understand…
Destro Emerges From Stealth With $8 Million to Coordinate Warehouse Robots and Workers
Destro has emerged from stealth with $8 million in seed funding for software that coordinates robots, workers, carts, and trucks inside logistics facilities rather than building robots itself. The round…
Instinct Adds Curated Product Recommendations as Users Question Unsolicited Suggestions
AI assistant startup Instinct has introduced Instinct Selections, a recommendation feature that suggests restaurants, travel ideas, and shopping products using lists curated by people such as chefs, designers, architects, and…
Texas Farmers Turn to Solar Leases as Rising Power Demand Reshapes Rural Land
Texas farmers are increasingly leasing agricultural land to solar developers, providing some families with long-term income as drought, extreme weather, and rising farming costs put pressure on their operations. The…
US Battery Startups Bet on Sodium-Ion Storage as Demand Grows
US battery startups are pushing sodium-ion technology into home, vehicle, and grid storage as companies look for alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. San Diego-based Unigrid has already shipped its first 100…
Regrettable Games Founders Push Ahead With New Party Games After Health Setback
Josie North and her brother Harry are expanding their party game business, Regrettable Games, after a difficult period in which Josie’s severe skin condition repeatedly left her unable to work.…
WhatsApp Adds Parental Controls for Teen Accounts While Keeping Messages Private
WhatsApp is introducing optional parental controls for teenage users, giving parents more oversight over privacy settings, group activity, Channels, and Meta AI without allowing them to read private messages or…
AI Harvest Forecasting Tools Help Fruit Growers Predict When Crops Will Be Ready
Fruit growers are testing artificial intelligence tools that count crops, assess ripeness, and forecast harvest dates as weather makes planning increasingly difficult. The systems combine images, historical farm data, weather,…
OpenAI Launches Dots, Always-On AI Agents Powered by GPT-6 Astra
OpenAI has launched Dots, a new class of always-on AI agents designed to pursue user-defined goals continuously with limited supervision. Powered by GPT-6 Astra, Dots can operate through their own…
OpenAI Launches GPT-6.1 Sol With Near-Astra Performance at Lower Cost
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol, a new model that it says approaches GPT-6 Astra on agentic coding, computer use, and professional work while costing one-fifth as much for standard API…
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Plugins With App-Like Interfaces and Automations
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s plugin system so developers can build app-like experiences directly inside the chatbot. The changes add dedicated sidebar spaces, interactive panels, file viewers, improved discovery, and support…