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Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over.
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Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over.

A rare warm spell in January melted enough snow to uncover Cornell University’s newest athletic field, built for field hockey. Months before, it was a meadow teeming with birds and bugs; now it’s more than an acre of synthetic turf roughly the color of the felt on a pool table, a

MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
Claude, OpenClaw and the new reality: AI agents are here — and so is the chaos
Artificial IntelligenceSecurity

Claude, OpenClaw and the new reality: AI agents are here — and so is the chaos

The age of agentic AI is upon us — whether we like it or not. What started with an innocent question-answer banter with ChatGPT back in 2022 has become an existential debate on job security and the rise of the machines. More recently, fears of reaching artificial general intellig

VentureBeat AI
VentureBeat AI
The Download: water threats in Iran and AI’s impact on what entrepreneurs make
Artificial IntelligenceGadgets

The Download: water threats in Iran and AI’s impact on what entrepreneurs make

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Desalination plants in the Middle East are increasingly vulnerable  As the conflict in Iran has escalated, a crucial resource is under fire: t

MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
AI’s software development success and central management needs
Artificial IntelligenceSoftware & Apps

AI’s software development success and central management needs

A survey carried out by OutSystems, The State of AI Development 2026 [email wall], argues that AI has moved into early production phase for many enterprises, primarily inside the IT function. The survey was based on the responses of 1,879 IT leaders, and warns that adoption of AI

AI News
AI News
Microsoft open-source toolkit secures AI agents at runtime
Artificial IntelligenceSoftware & Apps

Microsoft open-source toolkit secures AI agents at runtime

A new open-source toolkit from Microsoft focuses on runtime security to force strict governance onto enterprise AI agents. The release tackles a growing anxiety: autonomous language models are now executing code and hitting corporate networks way faster than traditional policy co

AI News
AI NewsMicrosoft
Handling Race Conditions in Multi-Agent Orchestration
Technology

Handling Race Conditions in Multi-Agent Orchestration

If you've ever watched two agents confidently write to the same resource at the same time and produce something that makes zero sense, you already know what a race condition feels like in practice.

ML Mastery
ML Mastery
Asylon and Thrive Logic bring physical AI to enterprise perimeter security
Artificial IntelligenceSoftware & Apps

Asylon and Thrive Logic bring physical AI to enterprise perimeter security

Exciting times are ahead in the world of enterprise perimeter security with a new partnership between Thrive Logic, an AI agent-driven security and operational intelligence platform, and Asylon, a security robotics company. Together, the companies are to introduce physical AI int

AI News
AI News
Enabling agent-first process redesign
Artificial IntelligenceGadgets

Enabling agent-first process redesign

Unlike static, rules-based systems, AI agents can learn, adapt, and optimize processes dynamically. As they interact with data, systems, people, and other agents in real time, AI agents can execute entire workflows autonomously. But unlocking their potential requires redesigning

MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review
Anthropic’s refusal to arm AI is exactly why the UK wants it
Artificial IntelligenceSoftware & Apps

Anthropic’s refusal to arm AI is exactly why the UK wants it

The Anthropic UK expansion story is less about diplomatic courtship and more about what happens when a government punishes a company for having principles. In late February, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a stark ultimatum: remove guardrails pre

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