Trump’s AI Evaluations Order: Right Policy, Unfinished Governance

Trump’s AI evaluation order advances national security testing but raises concerns over secrecy, industry access and public accountability.

Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months

Uber’s cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.

New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions

Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open-source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.

Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released
Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a “voluntary framework” for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they’re released “to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.” The order says the US AI industry has succeeded in part “because we refuse to stifle this […]

Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI

The caveat is that one of the world’s most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.

Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here
Microsoft’s first advanced reasoning AI is here

Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new “flagship” model: MAI-Thinking-1. It’s an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year – before then, it had relied on OpenAI’s models. The two companies recently renegotiated their deal to loosen ties. According […]

Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant

Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system.

Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts

Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer that appears to be coming from the same number as one of your contacts, Phone by Google will flag the call as suspicious so you can hang […]

Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw
Microsoft Scout is a new AI personal assistant built on OpenClaw

Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw. Microsoft Scout is an always-on assistant that integrates into Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams, allowing businesses to assign a virtual assistant to employees to help with organizing calendars, expense reporting, email drafts, and much more. Unlike Copilot that lives inside […]

Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior

The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.