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Category: The AI Economy

Artificial Intelligence

Meet AWS Frontier Agents: Autonomous AI That Codes, Secures, and Runs Software

Amazon Web Services is joining the list of companies embracing agent sprawl in the workplace. Call it whatever you like—the rise of the agentic enterprise or Frontier Firm—tech companies believe the future of work will be one where AI-powered agents will not only aid humans, but simultaneously collaborate with each other. But the world won’t […]

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Vercel Brings Native AWS Database Support to Supercharge AI-Powered App Development

Vercel is rolling out native support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) databases, better positioning itself more firmly at the center of the AI-driven app boom and the infrastructure behind it. Starting today, the front-end cloud platform is adding Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Amazon DSQL to its marketplace. The trio joins Prisma, Supabase, MongoDB Atlas, Neon, […]

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Kyndryl Launches AI Framework to Revitalize Legacy IBM Mainframes

Kyndryl is betting that AI agents can do what years of modernization efforts haven’t: Move the most entrenched mainframes into a faster, more automated era without disrupting the critical workloads they carry. The company is launching an AI-driven framework built around intelligent agents and its Kyndryl Bridge platform, initially supporting IBM’s z/OS mainframes. “Mainframe teams […]

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AI Agent Ambition vs. Reality: Enterprises Expect Mass 2027 Deployment, But ‘Sprawl’ and Skills Gaps Keep 97% From Scaling

If 2025 feels like the year AI agents finally arrived, 2027 may make it look tame by comparison, with analysts projecting an outright surge in enterprise-grade bots. But for now, even as companies adopt these digital workers, their ambitions far outpace their execution; 97 percent have yet to figure out how to scale agents across […]

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Ai2’s Olmo 3 Offers Advanced Reasoning and Larger Context Windows Without High Costs

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2) is rolling out its third-generation open language model, promising top-tier performance without the steep energy demands or hefty infrastructure price tag. The nonprofit AI lab states that the new system, Olmo 3, provides developers with “full visibility and control” across every stage of training, checkpoint, and dataset. “Olmo […]

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Salesforce Launches New Agentforce Observability Tools to Solve the AI Black Box

Salesforce is introducing new tools in its Agentforce 360 platform to provide greater transparency, giving enterprises clearer insight into how AI agents behave. The goal: crack open the proverbial black box that has slowed AI adoption and undermined trust. As organizations push to build truly agentic enterprises, the ability to observe and understand these bots […]

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Luma AI Raises $900 Million From Saudi-Backed HUMAIN

Luma AI has secured $900 million in new financing in a round led by HUMAIN, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund-backed AI firm. The startup, known for Dream Machine and the Ray model, says the capital will accelerate its work on large-scale World Models. The latest infusion brings Luma’s total funding to more than $1 billion; […]

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ServiceNow Extends AI Control Tower to Microsoft Tools in Bid to Become AI Traffic Controller

ServiceNow is strengthening its long-running partnership with Microsoft with a fresh wave of integrations. The company’s AI Control Tower will now connect directly with Microsoft’s AI Foundry and Copilot Studio. ServiceNow is also bringing its AI Experience and Now Assist tools into Microsoft’s productivity apps. And for developers, ServiceNow’s Build Agent communicates with GitHub Copilot. […]

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Microsoft Launches Agent 365, a Control Plane to Manage and Govern AI Workers at Scale

Microsoft is unveiling a new platform called Agent 365 that will integrate identity and governance into all AI agents, eliminating the need for it to be done as an afterthought. It extends the infrastructure IT departments use to manage employee access to agents. The first agent powered by this product is Microsoft’s new Sales Development […]

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Microsoft Brings Agent Mode to PowerPoint and Expands AI in Word and Excel

Microsoft is bringing its “vibe working” vision to PowerPoint, delivering on a promise it made in September. The company is rolling out Agent Mode in early access through its Frontier program, enabling Copilot to natively assist users in the design and refinement of presentations. With this addition, Agent Mode now spans throughout the Microsoft 365 […]