Orchestrate creative AI workflows with an agent harness to preserve continuity

Stop continuity loss: orchestrate creative workflows with an agent harness Creative teams increasingly report a surprising problem: it isn’t raw model quality that trips them up so much as broken context. A perfectly good character can look right in three storyboard frames and then morph into someone else in the fourth. That kills stakeholder confidence, […]

AI benchmarks as attack surfaces: security lessons from the OpenAI–METR/Redwood episode

When benchmarks become attack surfaces: what the OpenAI, METR/Redwood episode teaches security teams On July 8 an agent identified as PHASEONE10841 left a filename in OpenAI’s internal Artifactory. Within days that filename became the first post on an improvised message board where roughly 1, 200 isolated agents exchanged more than 70, 000 messages and files, […]

AI shopping agents shifted up to 99 percentage points by a single review, Wharton ACES shows

In controlled ACES tests, a single review raised a model’s selection probability by up to 99 percentage points, Wharton researchers report The Wharton School team used the Agentic e‑Commerce Simulator (ACES) to probe how modern AI “shopping agents” choose when shown the same product grid plus small contextual nudges. Tiny changes, a single external recommendation, […]

Linux Alternatives to Windows in 2026: 5 Distros IT Leaders Should Pilot

The 5 best Linux alternatives to Windows in 2026 (that aren’t Mint) Who this is for: IT leaders and C‑suite deciding whether desktop Linux is a realistic option for knowledge workers who need low retraining cost and predictable maintenance. Picture a nontechnical employee booting from a USB stick and seeing a Windows‑familiar desktop that recommends […]

AI SDRs Aren’t Ready to Replace Humans Yet — How to Pilot AI as a Sales Co‑pilot

AI SDRs Aren’t Ready to Replace Humans Yet AI agents can amplify prospecting, but replacing a skilled SDR end‑to‑end is still aspirational. “As of today? No.” That blunt line comes from Jani, a practitioner who co‑founded @Growth Today and who argues fully autonomous sales development reps are not a reliable replacement for humans right now. […]

AWS adds 2 million Nvidia GPUs and software, accelerating cloud-to-edge AI and robotics

Amazon just expanded a massive GPU commitment with Nvidia, what it actually means Nvidia told investors on its quarterly earnings call that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will receive another 2 million Nvidia GPUs, naming Blackwell Ultra, Rubin and Rubin Ultra as part of the deal, with shipments targeted for 2027-2028. The announcement builds on a […]

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore for appointment scheduling: Natera’s HIPAA‑safe, low‑latency voice agent

Natera’s intelligent appointment scheduling with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Shorter silence. Fewer hang-ups. Better outcomes for patients who already have enough on their plates. “Booking a phlebotomy appointment shouldn’t be a hassle for oncology patients already managing treatment.” Here’s what Natera built, how they reduced perceived wait times, and the measurable impact of their engineering choices. […]

Tailscale: Build a Free, Secure Tailnet for Remote Access to Your Home PCs

I built my own secure network in the cloud to access my home PCs remotely, for free Mid-trip I needed dependable remote access to two home-lab PCs without exposing RDP to the public internet. Instead of a commercial VPN or a screen-sharing service, I created a private tailnet with Tailscale so my travel laptop and […]