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As AI agents become increasingly capable, enterprises are facing new challenges as they race to power them across their applications, workflows, and products. It’s about ensuring that agents do what they’re supposed to do when they’re deployed in different environments. Microsoft is trying to solve this problem with a new open source standard called Agent Control Specification (ACS) that aims to give developers more consistent and granular control over what their AI agents are allowed to do. This specification essentially allows developers, compliance, and security teams to define their own policies for agents to follow. Rules can define what agents…
A ship remains anchored in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran, on May 16, 2026. Negotiations between the United States and Iran over the opening of the vital waterway have largely stalled as the two sides mutually reject proposals to end the war that began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.Majid Saidi | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.S. Central Command said Tuesday it had launched defensive strikes in response to an “attempted attack” by Iran that destroyed multiple ballistic missiles and drones, the latest in a series of attacks that further threaten…
LONDON – European stocks rallied on Tuesday as oil prices fell on renewed hopes that a lasting peace could be agreed between the United States and Iran after Israel and Hezbollah announced they would suspend fighting in Lebanon. pan-european Stocks 600 It closed 0.7% higher. While most regional sectors ended in positive territory, the major bourses in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan closed in positive territory. The Stoxx 600 index fell to a one-week low on Monday as hopes for an end to the Iran war waned, but recovered on Tuesday. In corporate news, Abibax Shares plunged 43.6% after the…
CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build 2026. Provided by: Microsoftmicrosoft is a major player in the artificial intelligence boom, providing key cloud infrastructure and services and acquiring multibillion-dollar stakes in OpenAI and Anthropic. Currently, the company is making all-out efforts to compete with its own models. At the Build developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Microsoft announced MAI-Code-1-Flash, the first model to take written instructions from people and spit out source code for applications and websites. The AI coding market (vibe coding) has recently been booming with developers and people without a technical background creating sophisticated software using…
The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which brings together politicians and reporters, was postponed to July 24 after the attack occurred on the originally scheduled date.The event was originally scheduled to take place on April 25th. However, the dinner party was interrupted when suspect Thomas Cole Allen stormed through the security checkpoint, apparently trying to attack people present at the venue.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThere was a gunfight, and the suspect and one security guard were seriously injured, but not seriously. Neither man was injured by the bullets, but one bullet pierced the officer’s bulletproof vest.Government leaders…
Google announced Tuesday that Android will launch fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams. The feature will roll out globally this month on Phone by Google for Android 12 and later devices, starting with Pixel devices. As more people refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are changing their tactics, including spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to pose as authority figures, family members, and employers. For example, you may receive a call that shows the caller ID “Mom” and the voice sounds exactly like her, but the caller may actually be a…
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at the Inbound 2025 Powered by HubSpot artificial intelligence panel at Moscone Center in San Francisco on September 4, 2025.Chance Ye | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesHello, my name is Katie Foley from London. Welcome to today’s Daily Open Newsletter.Geopolitics generates noise, but AI continues to generate signals.We’ve spent the past 12 hours parsing the Iranian headlines, trying to determine whether President Donald Trump’s latest comments and Iranian state media reports indicate something concrete, or just another turn in what has always seemed to be a “close” negotiation.At the same time, Anthropic…
palo alto networks The company beat Wall Street’s third-quarter results as artificial intelligence threats drive demand for advanced cybersecurity tools.The stock price rose as much as 12% in after-hours trading, but has since fallen back to around the same level.Here’s how the company performed against LSEG’s estimates:Earnings per share: 85 cents adjusted, 80 cents expected; Revenue: $3 billion, $2.94 billion expected.The cybersecurity company said its revenue increased 31% year over year, including $388 million from the recent acquisitions of CyberArk and Chronosphere. The company reported a net loss of $177 million, or 22 cents per share, down from net income…
The Justice Department has permanently abandoned plans for a $1.8 billion Anti-Weapons Compensation Fund created to resolve President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified before a House committee on Tuesday.But Blanche told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Judiciary, Science and Related Agencies that Trump, his family and related entities are still protected from tax audits and enforcement actions related to tax returns filed before the out-of-court settlement of the lawsuit last month.Mr. Branch, who previously served as Mr. Trump’s criminal defense attorney, personally signed the Justice Department’s May 19 addendum to…
In the first few weeks of 2026, OpenClaw has spread like a sonic boom through the AI world, bringing the joy and disruption of unrestricted AI agents to many of the industry’s most ambitious engineers. After OpenAI scooped its founder, the project’s momentum slowed, but its effects are still being felt, especially at Microsoft. Now, Microsoft is launching Scout, a new AI assistant aimed at bringing the power and flexibility of OpenClaw to the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Built on the OpenClaw framework, Scout is an always-on agent assistant designed to work with users with persistent identities and styles. Users name…