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Okta’s New Protocol Tackles the Security Blind Spot of AI Agents in the Enterprise

Identity and security platform Okta is introducing a new protocol designed to protect organizations as they transition to an agentic future. Cross App Access is created to minimize security risks as teams leverage these autonomous bots for work. The company claims it’ll remove the need for repetitive authorization consent screens and make agents more secure […]

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Inside AWS’s Global Accelerator for the Generative AI Era

Last December, I sat inside the theatre at the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the home of world-famous magician Shin Lim. Only, I’m not there to see a sleight-of-hand spectacle—I’m there to watch the inaugural “Unicorn Tank,” a startup pitch competition put on by Amazon Web Services (AWS) held during its re:Invent conference. […]

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From Sunday Scaries to Late-Night Meetings: Microsoft Confirms the Workday Has No Off Switch

The traditional 9-to-5 workday is rapidly unraveling, replaced by what Microsoft calls the “infinite workday,” a nonstop cycle that begins even before we’re out of bed and stretches late into the night and also into the weekends. The line between work and life has all but disappeared. Microsoft argues that without meaningful change, this trend […]

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Adobe Launches Firefly Mobile App, Adds AI Models from Ideogram, Pika, Luma, and Runway

Adobe’s image and video generation platform is coming to iOS and Android. On Tuesday, the company introduced its native Firefly mobile apps, giving creators more freedom to generate content on the go. The launch is part of a broader update to the platform that includes support for new AI models from Google, Ideogram, Pika, Luma, […]

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AI Isn’t Taking Jobs—It’s Making Workers More Valuable

IN THIS ISSUE: Unpack the AI jobs paradox—why AI isn’t replacing workers en masse (yet), but is already reshaping the workforce in profound ways. PwC’s AI jobs barometer reveals who’s thriving, who’s at risk, and why upskilling is urgent. Plus, explore Salesforce’s latest power move to lock down Slack data and what it means for […]

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The New Side Hustle for Graduate Students: Training AI

Handshake, the college career network, has launched a networking service to connect students with top AI research labs. The aim is to create opportunities for “highly educated, highly skilled people” to monetize their expertise while helping companies validate models and assisting in advancing frontier knowledge. “Handshake AI is the most ambitious chapter in the company’s […]

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10 Charts That Define the AI Boom, According to Mary Meeker

IN THIS ISSUE: Dig into key insights from Mary Meeker’s latest AI report, a sweeping 340-slide analysis that breaks down where adoption is accelerating, how innovation is evolving, and what it means for the future of technology. The Prompt Investor Mary Meeker’s reports are among the most closely watched in the industry, with entrepreneurs, investors, […]

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HubSpot Connects Its CRM With ChatGPT to Deliver Smarter Customer Insights

HubSpot is bringing more artificial intelligence into its CRM platform through a new integration with OpenAI. The company has introduced a “deep research connector” with ChatGPT, enabling small and medium-sized businesses to perform advanced analysis and generate deeper insights using their customer data and context. “We’re building tools that help businesses lead through the AI […]

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Ai2’s RewardBench 2 Is a Tougher Benchmark for Testing How Well AI Models Reflect Human Judgment

Ai2 has released an update to its RewardBench benchmark, making it more capable of evaluating reward models. The next-generation test is built using new, more complex examples to assess how accurately AI models can produce answers that are as accurate as those of a human. In its first round of testing, RewardBench 2 ranks Google’s […]

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Salesforce Snaps Up Moonhub Team as AI Hiring Arms Race Escalates

Barely a week has passed since its last acquisition, and Salesforce is already adding another startup to its roster. This time, the enterprise tech firm is picking up the team behind Moonhub, an AI-powered recruiting platform. But the deal appears modest as only some of the startup’s employees are reportedly joining Salesforce, and Moonhub itself […]