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AlphaGenome 2: Google DeepMind Model Maps DNA Effects by Cell Type

How Do We Stop Bot Armies and AI Agents From Destroying the Web?

At Web Summit, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince defends his company's outsized role in setting web norms and floats a solution that's been kicking around for decades.

Google DeepMind Releases AlphaGenome 2 for Cell-Type-Specific Variant Effects

AI governance is a leadership question that nobody asked

Gartner traces agent governance failures to treating agents as either locked down or fully trusted. Ray Rasmussen argues governance starts with one leadership question: what do we trust this system and its users to see and do?

Exclusive | United Airlines Is Banning AI Bots From Booking Flights

AI agents just got denied boarding at United Airlines.

United Bans AI Agents From Booking Your Flight

The airline says it will block AI agents or assistants from directly accessing the airline "within our digital platforms and indirectly via travel agencies and aggregators." The Wall Street Journal clarifies that "agents will still have ways to show customers United's flight options and prices,

United Airlines moves to block AI agents from its platform over security concerns

Companies across industries ⁠are ‌taking divergent approaches to the ⁠rapid rise of AI agents capable of carrying out tasks on behalf of users.

United Airlines Bans AI Agents From Booking Flights

United Airlines will block personal artificial intelligence agents from purchasing airline tickets through its systems, citing concerns about customer privacy, unauthorized transactions, and federal aviation regulations,

Fractile valued at $7 billion as UK government backs AI chip startup

Fractile hits a $7B valuation after raising $720M in Series C funding, backed by the UK government and top Silicon Valley investors.

With IPO looming, Anthropic launches new AI models, workplace tools