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OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice

WILL KNIGHT

American AI giants are backing a new effort to establish open standards for building agentic software and tools.

OpenAI, Anthropic and Block join new Linux Foundation effort to standardize the AI agent era

REBECCA BELLAN

Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI are backing the Linux Foundation’s new Agentic AI Foundation, donating MCP, Goose, and AGENTS.md to standardize AI agents, boost interoperability, and curb proprietary fragmentation.

OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy

MAXWELL ZEFF

Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.

NASA and USPS stop using Canoo EVs despite CEO’s pledged support

SEAN O'KANE

Canoo's CEO bought the bankrupt startup's assets in April and told the court his "principal motivation" was supporting these programs.

Google Photos launches new video editing tools

LAUREN FORRISTAL

Google Photos' new update helps make editing video reels in the app quicker, such as new templates that already add music and text to clips.

Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs in a ‘fight for our lives’

KIRSTEN KOROSEC

The automakers will work together to bring two Ford-branded EVs to European dealerships in 2028.

Court: “Because Trump said to” may not be a legally valid defense

JOHN TIMMER

The "arbitrary and capricious" standard strikes down another administration action.

The Best Karaoke Speakers from Small and Portable to Massive

RYAN WANIATA, PARKER HALL

Looking to make karaoke night a regular thing? We’ve tested everything from Bluetooth speakers to full-blown PAs.

OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer

ZOË SCHIFFER, LAUREN GOODE

A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.

Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls

JAGMEET SINGH

Truecaller's Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026.

Amazon’s Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial recognition feature to video doorbells

SARAH PEREZ

Amazon says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train AI models.

Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers

TIM DE CHANT

Crusoe will pay Boom $1.25 billion for more than a gigawatt of generating capacity with deliveries of the turbines starting in 2027.

NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon

ROBERT PEARLMAN

NASA crew will be the first astronauts to work with a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.

Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat

JON BRODKIN

Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies.

Slack CEO Denise Dresser to join OpenAI as chief revenue officer

AMANDA SILBERLING

OpenAI says that Dresser will be responsible for the company's revenue strategy in enterprise and customer success.