From turbocharging supply chains to flooding public services, autonomous AI agents are moving into the real world, sparking both productivity gains and new challenges.

From researchers quitting over 'extinction' fears to AI assistants gaining their own email inboxes, today's news highlights the urgent debate over controlling increasingly powerful AI systems.

AI streamlines global shipping logistics as copyright lawsuits pile up against OpenAI, while its co-founder warns of 'alien' AI minds needing control.

Google launches an AI-powered Canva competitor, OpenAI and Google deepen healthcare integrations, and a wave of specialized AI agents emerges for everything from farming to family logistics.

From Instagram limiting AI influencers to the EU tightening rules on ChatGPT, platforms and policymakers are setting new ground rules for AI's role in society, while startups tackle niche applications from policing to video search.

Over 100 companies, including OpenAI and Google, issue a stark warning on AI cybersecurity, while Google's AI products get practical upgrades in travel and reading. Meanwhile, Hugging Face launches an adorable open-source robot.

Harvard launches an AI-powered startup bootcamp, a new 'teammate' AI excels at replicating science, and OpenAI's surprising policy pivot highlights a major safety debate.

A startup raises a quarter-billion for space-based compute, DeepMind levels up its game AI, and the web shows deep signs of AI authorship. Plus, the latest on enterprise AI battles and a truly bizarre cooling proposal.

OpenAI launches a dedicated, safer ChatGPT for teens as Perplexity and Firefox advance AI browsing, while Nvidia makes massive strategic bets on data centers and SpaceX.

From disturbing misuse of image generators to new watermarking efforts and SpaceX's AI acquisition, the focus sharpens on the practical and ethical challenges of powerful AI.