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Automation Anywhere Inc., an enterprise agent automation and orchestration company, announced Wednesday an agreement to acquire Boost.ai Inc., a conversational language artificial intelligence company, from Nordic Capital. The company wants to build the “autonomous enterprise,” an operating model in which companies operate up to 80% autonomously or with AI support. Boost.ai’s technology will extend this … Read more

Fraud prevention startup Darwinium UK Ltd. today launched two new features that make intent intelligence the foundation of its platform. Journey Transition Probability characterizes unusual changes in the steps a person, bot, or artificial intelligence agent takes on the path to a sign-in, account change, or payment. MCP Protection monitors the tools agents use to … Read more

Google LLC is making its SynthID identification tools for artificial intelligence-generated and AI-edited videos and images more widely available with today’s launch of a new service that anyone can use. The web-based SynthID Detector can identify images, video and audio clips using AI models from Google, OpenAI Group PBC, Nvidia Corp. and Cocoa Corp. were … Read more

According to the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report released today, gigantic artificial intelligence rounds have pushed the value of U.S. venture capital deals about 44% above the previous annual record with a quarter to go, but the exits necessary to return that money to investors have not kept pace. Much of the $515.8 billion invested … Read more

More than half a dozen public and private sector organizations are collaborating to develop biological datasets for artificial intelligence models. The consortium, which announced the collaboration today, is committing $1.8 billion to the project. To study how a cell responds to a new therapy, scientists typically need to set up a physical test environment. This … Read more

Industry-specific AI provides business context for agents managing company operations. Building on industry processes can help companies address reliability issues by automating more tasks. Infor (US) LLC develops industry-specific AI agents for several key industries, including industrial manufacturing, aerospace and defense, automotive, and food and beverage. According to Suresh Jayaraman (pictured right), senior vice president … Read more

Authentication and digital agreements company OneSpan Inc. today unveiled new and planned features for its electronic signature service OneSpan Sign that go beyond the signing step. The update targets the parts of the agreement process that slow down banks and other financial institutions. Electronic signing itself has become an expected part of digital business, OneSpan … Read more

Atlassian Corp. today announced the Agentic Multiplayer Protocol, a platform update designed to transform the way people and artificial intelligence agents collaborate and get their work done using shared contexts and tasks in the same digital space. At the unveiling at Team ’26 Europe, Atlassian said it wants AI agents to function like employees, bringing … Read more

Demand for new data centers, power plants and highways is fueling a construction boom, even as the industry struggles with declining productivity and a shortage of skilled machine operators. Physical AI is emerging as one answer, enabling machines to perceive and respond to their environment. Caterpillar Inc. has years of experience with autonomous mining equipment. … Read more

Open-weight models are constantly proliferating, and the AI ​​coding around them is becoming increasingly important to getting them right. Developers and companies weigh costs and performance. The harness helps translate a model’s skills into useful work. Cline Bot Inc. believes that revealing this level will allow more people to build with AI. According to Cline … Read more