Uber employees have a Dara AI
…Salespeople now use agents to summarize information on a client that they’re going to call to build out a really cool presentation. We’re using agents and AI, I would describe…
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Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’
…For more on AI mischief, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Hacking the first generation of…
As AI gets better, it reveals an empty promise
This week we’ve got tandem hands-ons with Google’s new Gemini AI agent — Spark — from my colleagues David Pierce and Jay Peters. Their takeaways are similar: It’s so effective…
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Notepad Notepad uncovers the secrets and strategy behind Microsoft’s era-defining bets on AI, gaming, and computing. Each week, The Verge’s Tom Warren will publish influential scoops, insightful interviews, and…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…Since the first computer programmers wrote the first computer programs, we, the users of that software, have been forced to live in the worlds those programs create. The features are the features…
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
…Coupled with these changes, Amazon — one of Microsoft’s biggest competitors — recently announced internal changes that turn its software developers into “Builders” that are expected to use AI agents daily. Software management…
AI-generated research papers are overwhelming peer review
…In recent months, AI companies have released a range of “agentic” science assistants capable of analyzing data, generating hypotheses, and writing research papers with a high degree of autonomy. While a possible…
BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN
…the idea that we can force the real world to act like a computer and then have AI issue that computer instructions. You can see the same thing happening in every other…
The Stepback
…Dominic Preston Sep 14, 2025 Computer chips, with a side of forever chemicals Supply, demand, and deregulation. Justine Calma Sep 7, 2025 AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime…
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
…Having an AI software stack means being able to deploy AI agents into that data to better organize it — with fewer concerns about leakage than there would be with general-purpose…