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Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 4.6, the latest version of its most advanced model, introducing a new “agent teams” feature that allows multiple AI…

Amazon is making Alexa+ available to everyone in the U.S. starting Wednesday, expanding access to its generative AI-powered voice assistant nearly a year after…

Apple is bringing agentic coding tools directly into Xcode with the release of Xcode 26.3, announced Tuesday. The update allows developers to use AI agents —…

Mozilla is giving Firefox users a new way to opt out of generative AI features entirely, introducing a setting that can block all current and future AI…

OpenAI has launched a native macOS app for Codex, giving developers a new way to use its AI coding agent with multi-agent workflows designed to run tasks in…

Moltbook, a new Reddit-style social network built specifically for AI agents, has quickly grown into one of the largest live experiments in machine-to-machine…

Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai, the company confirmed Thursday, adding another targeted deal as it works to strengthen its AI capabilities across…

Google is expanding Gemini’s role inside Google Maps, announcing Thursday that users can now access the AI assistant hands-free while walking or cycling. The…

ServiceNow said Wednesday that it has signed a multi-year deal with Anthropic to further embed the company’s Claude models across its AI-driven workflow…

Google is bringing Gemini deeper into Chrome, rolling out a new persistent AI sidebar and early agent-like features designed to help users work across tabs,…

Amazon is cutting roughly 16,000 jobs as part of a company-wide overhaul aimed at “reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy,” even as it…

Google is expanding its lower-priced AI Plus subscription worldwide, bringing the $7.99-per-month plan to the U.S. and dozens of additional markets as it steps…