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Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.

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Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.
OpenAI's AI proved a weaker version of the biggest open question in math, and human experts have already unpacked it.
The Series B, co-led by Forerunner and Menlo, signals a shift from solo AI copilots to collaborative agent workforces.
The bank is moving off its balance sheet to back robot factories, hypersonic missiles, and supply chains, signaling a new era of bank-backed military innovation.
The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft targets Phobos with a 10-gram sample return that could settle whether Mars' moons are captured asteroids or impact debris.
The former president's intervention raises the stakes in a federal probe into immigration paperwork that has put a prominent progressive lawmaker in the crosshairs.
The chatbot startup's collapse hands Disney a ready-made AI team, with ex-CEO Karandeep Anand already installed as the entertainment giant's first CTO.
Félicette's 1963 flight made France a space-race player, but her euthanasia and a crowdfunded statue reveal how high-risk programs are remembered.
The 2028 AMG GT SUV marks a historic pivot for the 59-year-old performance brand, and it's coming for the luxury EV SUV market.
CEO Piotr Babieno explains how stability and trust, not one-off hits, convinced Nintendo to back Onyx: The Dark Grip, the first third-party horror exclusive in over a decade.
The Oasis frontman's blunt dismissal lands as Fontaines D.C. drop 'Dopamine Chamber' and all 42 dates of the reunion tour sell out.
Sotheby's is auctioning Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton first editions together for the first time, a rare chance to own the scientific revolution.