Google is expanding its Gemma 4 family with Gemma 4 12B, a new open model designed to bring powerful multimodal AI directly to laptops and everyday devices. The model sits between Google’s smaller edge-friendly E4B model and its larger 26B Mixture of Experts model, offering stronger reasoning and agentic abilities while keeping memory requirements low. Google says Gemma 4 models have now passed 150 million downloads, showing strong interest from developers building everything

Microsoft is entering the next phase of workplace AI with the launch of Microsoft Scout, an always-on personal assistant built to work across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Inspired by the open-source OpenClaw project, Scout is designed to move beyond the basic question-and-answer style of most AI tools. Instead of waiting for users to prompt it every time, Scout can stay active in the background, learn how someone works, and help carry tasks forward across apps like Teams, Out

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the business world, a new concern is emerging alongside the excitement surrounding the technology: cost. For the past few years, companies have focused heavily on increasing AI adoption, encouraging employees to use AI tools, and investing billions of dollars into developing more powerful models. Now, however, many organizations are beginning to realize that widespread AI use comes with significant expenses, particularly as toke

Morgan Stanley is preparing to make one of Wall Street’s biggest moves into the AI agent era by opening parts of its wealth management infrastructure to external artificial intelligence agents. The firm will allow corporate clients’ AI tools to connect directly with its stock administration platforms, ShareWorks and Equity Edge, so they can pull data and insights without relying on traditional software interfaces built for human users. This marks one of the earliest examples

Google’s Gemini Spark is being introduced as a 24/7 personal AI agent designed to help people manage their digital lives with less manual effort. Unlike a regular chatbot that only responds when opened, Spark can work in the background, even when a phone or laptop is turned off. Google says users stay in control by choosing when to turn it on, and Spark is designed to check before taking major actions. The goal is to give people an assistant that can handle complex digital ta

Tech leaders are being warned about a growing problem in the artificial intelligence boom: “AI psychosis.” The phrase, used by Box CEO Aaron Levie, describes the way some executives become overly convinced that AI agents can quickly replace human work after seeing impressive demos or simple prototypes. Levie argues that CEOs are especially vulnerable because they are often far away from the “last mile” of real work, where AI outputs must be checked, corrected, integrated, and

Luxury smartphone brand Vertu is trying to make a comeback in the AI era with the Alphafold, a premium foldable phone built for executives who want artificial intelligence tied directly into business workflows. Starting at $6,880, the device is aimed less at everyday smartphone buyers and more at CEOs, founders, and wealthy professionals who manage work on the move. Higher-end versions include materials such as alligator leather, 18K gold, and diamond accents, with the top st

TD Bank Group is taking a major step into the future of banking with the launch of its first agentic AI model, designed to transform how mortgage and Home Equity Line of Credit applications are reviewed. Announced on May 21, 2026, the new system marks a key milestone in TD’s larger enterprise-wide AI strategy. The bank says this technology will help automate and simplify parts of its Real Estate Secured Lending operations, beginning with the early review process before applic

Anthropic’s acquisition of Stainless marks another important step in the growing competition around AI developer tools and agent connectivity. As AI moves beyond simple chatbots and into agents that can complete tasks, connect to business systems, and interact with outside software, the tools that help developers build those connections are becoming more valuable. Stainless, founded in 2022 by former Stripe engineer Alex Rattray, specializes in generating software development

Qualcomm’s stock took a sharp hit as the semiconductor sector pulled back from a powerful artificial intelligence-driven rally. Shares of Qualcomm dropped more than 11%, marking the company’s worst trading session since 2020. The decline came as investors moved away from riskier growth stocks after a hotter-than-expected inflation reading raised concerns about interest rates and market valuations. The selloff also affected several other chip companies, with Intel falling 7%,

Ian Crosby is returning to the accounting software world with a bold new startup called Synthetic, a company built around the idea of a fully autonomous AI bookkeeper. Crosby, who previously co-founded Bench Accounting in 2011 and later launched Teal in 2023, is now taking his third major attempt at improving business accounting. This time, his goal is even more ambitious: creating an AI system that can complete bookkeeping and generate accrual-based financial reports without

Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes alliance are warning organizations to be careful with agentic AI, especially when these systems are connected to sensitive data or critical systems. Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence tools built on large language models that can plan steps, make decisions, use external tools, and carry out actions with limited human supervision. While these systems can help automate tasks and improve productivity, government cyber agencies

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of Formula One’s future, changing how teams compete, operate, and promote themselves in one of the world’s most technology-driven sports. Formula One has always depended on speed, engineering, and data, but AI is now becoming a bigger part of both on-track performance and off-track business strategy. With eight new AI partnerships signed in the past six months alone, the sport is showing how quickly artificial intelligence is m

As artificial intelligence becomes deeply embedded in modern economies, governments and businesses alike are confronting a growing challenge: how to balance innovation with control. Across the United Kingdom and Europe, concerns over dependence on foreign AI providers—particularly those based in the United States—are accelerating efforts to establish what is increasingly referred to as “digital sovereignty.” Recent developments, ranging from corporate contingency planning to

OpenAI has launched a major expansion of ChatGPT with the introduction of workspace agents, a system designed to move artificial intelligence beyond simple conversational assistance into fully autonomous, task-executing tools for organizations. Announced on April 22, 2026, the update allows teams to create shared AI agents that can manage complex, multi-step workflows across departments while operating within defined organizational permissions, controls, and security framewor

Artificial intelligence is transforming how companies operate, but it is also creating new cybersecurity challenges. A recent incident involving global consulting firm McKinsey highlights how rapidly evolving AI technologies can introduce unexpected vulnerabilities. Researchers from cybersecurity startup CodeWall revealed that they were able to hack McKinsey’s internal AI platform, called Lilli, exposing millions of internal messages and sensitive system information. Although

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being applied to healthcare, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the latest major technology company aiming to transform how healthcare organizations manage their workflows. AWS recently introduced Amazon Connect Health, an AI agent platform designed to automate administrative tasks that often overwhelm healthcare providers. By reducing time spent on paperwork, scheduling, and documentation, the system allows clinicians to focus more on de

Nvidia has unveiled its next major leap in artificial intelligence hardware with the official launch of its Rubin computing architecture at the Consumer Electronics Show. Announced by CEO Jensen Huang, Rubin is positioned as Nvidia’s most advanced AI platform to date, designed to confront the rapidly growing computational demands of modern AI systems. Production of the architecture is already underway, with further ramp up expected in the second half of the year, signaling

Google has officially launched Gemini 3 Flash, a faster and more cost efficient version of its Gemini 3 large language model, and is making it the default AI model across the Gemini app and Google Search’s AI Mode worldwide. Built on the same foundation as Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash is designed to deliver strong reasoning and multimodal performance while prioritizing speed, lower latency, and affordability. The release comes six months after Gemini 2.5 Flash and reflects

Google and OpenAI escalated their rivalry at the forefront of artificial intelligence on the same day, with Google unveiling its most advanced AI research agent yet just as OpenAI released GPT 5.2, codenamed Garlic. Google’s announcement centered on a major upgrade to Gemini Deep Research, which it described as a reimagined agent capable of long form reasoning, complex analysis, and enterprise grade investigation rather than simply generating research reports. The closely t