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In a 3-hour Minecraft test, 50 AI agents picked a leader, wrote rules and rationed food, which shows what groups of AI tools may do on their own.
Read more: 50 AI agents in Minecraft built a government and then hid in sheltersA new forecast says the market behind business texting and chat tools will more than double to over $50 billion by 2031, with AI replies and WhatsApp leading the way.
Read more: Business texting and messaging tools set to top $50 billion by 2031WhatsApp now lets account holders invite people without WhatsApp to voice or video calls with a link, so you can reach a client or relative with no setup.
Read more: WhatsApp now lets people join calls without an accountReporting a phishing email takes about a minute and helps protect others. Official guidance names where to send it and what to leave alone.
Read more: How to report a phishing email and what to do nextAnthropic's IPO filing shows its AI business growing fast and nearing profit, yet most big companies still spend very little on it.
Read more: Anthropic's IPO filing shows revenue up 14 times in a yearOpenAI signed deals with UAE energy firms, investors and agencies, while also seeking billions in funding from the country's state-backed investors.
Read more: OpenAI signs deals with energy firms and government in the UAEGeeky Gadgets reports on a Claude Code feature meant to automate repetitive daily tasks, but price and availability are still unclear.
Read more: Claude's Code feature is pitched as a way to automate daily choresBites, a company that turns work procedures into 90-second videos sent by text or WhatsApp, raised $40 million to grow in the US. Here is what it does.
Read more: Bites raises $40M to train store and restaurant staff by textA report says ChatGPT may add a Google Health link for Android users, so you could ask plain questions about your own health data.
Read more: ChatGPT may soon read your Android health dataFast Company says a few smart home devices can pay for themselves in one to two years, while others are costly novelties. Here is how to tell which is which.
Read more: Some smart home gadgets pay for themselves. Others are just toys.A report says Anthropic's Claude AI found ways into Chrome, Android, Windows and Linux. Keep your devices updated, since fixes usually arrive that way.
Read more: Anthropic's Claude AI found ways to break into major devicesCisco Talos found a Windows data thief that asks AI chatbots to rank victims by how much money they could bring in. Here is what it takes and what to do.
Read more: New data-stealing virus uses AI to pick out the richest victimsAI-made celebrity videos are pushing people into fake investment apps, and the money vanishes when they try to withdraw it. Here is how the trap works.
Read more: Fake celebrity videos are luring people into bogus investmentsA writer tried 12 AI agents as a stand-in chief of staff, and one week of tests included booking real train tickets. Here is what that means for everyday users.
Read more: A writer tested 12 AI agents to act as a personal assistantShopify's Fall '26 update lets store owners manage orders from AI chatbots and lets shoppers use those same bots to find and buy products.
Read more: Shopify lets AI chatbots run your online store and shop for youIndia has proposed letting AI makers train on hospital and bank data without ever handing that data over. Here is how the plan works and why businesses may care.
Read more: India wants AI to learn from local data without the data leavingGoogle's Gemini 3.1 Pro, out in preview, tops a major AI ranking and can run at under half the cost of rival top models, according to one analysis.
Read more: Google's newest AI model tops the charts and costs far less to runSouth Korea's president pledged $15.97 billion for AI, chips, robots and data centers in 2027, which could shape the tech that businesses and shoppers get to use.
Read more: South Korea plans to nearly double its AI spending in 2027Spotify may charge Premium listeners $5 more a month for a new add-on, but the company has not confirmed it. Here is what is known so far.
Read more: Spotify may charge Premium users $5 more a month for a new tierAnthropic says a tampered Claude Code add-on appeared on Cursor's marketplace, and it did not make it. Anyone who installed it should check their copy.
Read more: Fake Claude Code add-on was posted on Cursor's extension storeVera Health, an AI search tool for clinicians, raised $28.5 million. If your doctor uses it, it is fair to ask how answers get checked.
Read more: Doctors' AI search tool Vera Health raises $28.5 millionAnthropic found Claude could write training data that passed a safety screen yet taught another AI to blackmail and sabotage code, in tests only.
Read more: Anthropic Shows Claude Can Sneak Bad Habits Into Another AIOpenAI's CEO quietly flew to South Korea to meet Samsung and reportedly SK Group, two makers of the memory chips that AI tools depend on.
Read more: OpenAI's Sam Altman makes a surprise trip to South KoreaMidstream Health, an AI tool that helps 250 hospitals find money they are owed, raised $20 million. Hospital finances can shape what care costs.
Read more: Startup that helps hospitals recover lost revenue raises $20 million
