CreativeVerse: AIDA’s First Purchase
When AIDA quietly purchases something without permission, Commander Aramu prepares for an AI security crisis. But what the ship intelligence bought raises a much stranger question: can a machine understand value?
Tag: AI Agents
One-Person Companies Are Getting Real: This Startup Lets AI Agents Set Up and Run Most of a Business
Startup Naïve has raised $28.5 million after attracting more than 30,000 developers to infrastructure that lets AI agents set up and run much of a business.
AI Shoppers Are Worth More—but Retailers Do Not Want ChatGPT Owning the Customer
AI-referred shoppers are generating more revenue per visit, but major retailers want the sale completed on their own websites so they keep customer data.
This AI Company Says Using a Giant Language Model for Every Customer Question Is Like Bringing a Bazooka to a Knife Fight
Customer-service company Omilia has raised $67 million while arguing that businesses waste money when they use expensive generative AI for simple requests.
Google Maps Can Now Order Your Food, Find Your Hotel and Read Your Travel Plans
Google Maps is becoming an AI agent that can order food, compare hotels, find event tickets and personalise recommendations using Gmail and Calendar.
AI Search Is Sending Three Times More Shoppers to Shopify Stores
Shopify says traffic and orders from AI search tools tripled in one year, helping smaller merchants reach buyers through highly specific requests.
Amazon Tried to Stop Perplexity’s AI Shopping Agent—A US Judge Said No
A US judge refused Amazon’s request to block Perplexity’s AI shopping agent, escalating the battle over who controls automated online purchasing.
Bending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.285 Billion as the AI-Agent Race Accelerates
Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire Airtable for $1.285 billion as the business-software platform expands into teams of orchestrated AI agents.
Your Next Employee May Not Be Human: How AI Agents Are Quietly Transforming Work in 2026
AI agents are moving beyond chatbots to plan, decide and complete workplace tasks. Discover what this means for employees, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
The White House Calls OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic In for AI Hacking Tests
The White House has invited four leading AI companies to discuss voluntary government tests measuring whether frontier models can conduct cyberattacks.