AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database…

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X relaunches a rebuilt Android app after year-long effort

X says the rebuilt version of its Android app is now available globally.

OpenAI is scared of open-weight models. Should the US be?

Talk of banning Chinese-made open-weight LLMs reveals the challenge of turning AI into a business.

Waymo And Uber Support Bad, Incumbent-Protecting Laws In DC And NJ

Requiring human drivers, 3 sensors, fat permit fees and per-mile taxes are the wrong sorts of regulations, and the companies should avoid endorsing them

The Self-Driving Company Is AI’s Next Business Model.

To understand future AI-native firms, businesses must study companies already operating themselves, just as military strategists learn from Ukraine’s drone warfare.

Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI
Adobe’s ‘natural look’ camera app embraces generative AI

Adobe’s experimental camera app has taken an unexpected turn. After Project Indigo was launched last year to provide a “more natural (SLR-like) look” for iPhone photography, the Indigo camera app is now being updated with a suite of generative AI tools. And the change doesn’t rely upon Adobe’s own Firefly AI models. Adobe describes the […]

YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos

YouTube has updated its monetization policies to more clearly define the kinds of AI-generated and low-quality videos that can’t earn ad revenue.

Former Microsoft AI Leaders Are Spending $1M To Prove AI Can Replace CEOs

Skyfall AI, from the team behind Microsoft’s $160 million Maluuba acquisition, will buy a SaaS company and let AI run it as CEO.

Five AI Terms Your Board Will Ask About This Quarter

5 AI trends (and terms) that affect business. Digital Labor, Agentic Lifecycle, AI Tokenomics, Forward Deployed Engineering, and Taste. What you should know.

FIFA’s New Tech Worked Perfectly And Fans Hated It Anyway

FIFA built the most heavily instrumented World Cup ever. The tech kept getting the calls right, and FIFA kept needing humans to back it up anyway