Meta used its annual Connect conference to expand well beyond the smartphone, unveiling a keychain-sized AI device called Muse Charm, 100-gram VR glasses, and a camera-free pair of Ray-Ban Audio glasses, all tied to its new Muse personal AI agent. The agent now integrates with Walmart, Best Buy, Sephora and PayPal, with Meta planning to distribute Muse free and monetize it by taking a fee on transactions. Read more on Meta's push to build the next dominant consumer computing platform: buff.ly/CNBUs0O #Meta #AI #AIAgents #SmartGlasses

Enterprise AI agents do not have a model problem. They have a data access problem. Mike Vizard talks with Tim Bond, Chief Product Officer at Adeptia, about data products, governance and why agents need systems of action. Watch: techstrong.tv/videos/ai-lead… #AI

A gambling company can put a help number at the bottom of an advertisement and offer spending limits, but what happens when the technology deciding who receives the next bonus offer identifies the very behavior those protections are supposed to address? The obligations of a licensed business must reach the AI making decisions on its behalf, because accountability has to survive every step from business objective to prediction to decision to action affecting someone. Read the full report on what oversight of predictive targeting actually reaches: buff.ly/tHzHAZq #AI #AIGovernance #ResponsibleAI #Gambling #TechPolicy

Databricks acquired Row Zero to bring enterprise spreadsheets into its AI platform, letting users analyze massive datasets while maintaining centralized governance. Read more: buff.ly/1efsF3j #Databricks #EnterpriseAI #DataAnalytics #Spreadsheets #AIAgents

AI wearables, EvilTokens phishing and airport LiDAR: who sees your world? With Jack Poller, Tracy Ragan, Jon Swartz and Jeff Reich. #AI #Wearables #Phishing #Privacy #LiDAR nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1DxLdZXaL…

Recursive AI could let systems improve their own workflows, tools and agent behavior, reshaping software development without requiring superintelligence. Read the article: buff.ly/4VNwAaU and for more depth, read the whitepaper: buff.ly/u2SxpRA #RecursiveAI #AgenticAI #EnterpriseAI #AISafety #SoftwareDevelopment

IBM has integrated its mainframe-based digital asset platform with permissioned blockchain networks, including a SWIFT shared ledger launched with support from 40 financial institutions, using ISO 20022 messages so banks can process tokenized deposits through payment workflows that already exist on the mainframe. An on-premises edition is now in beta for firms in highly regulated environments that need digital sovereignty, with IBM Crypto Express HSMs handling security. Read the full article on how mainframes are becoming part of the digital asset equation: buff.ly/v3mbNlo #IBM #Mainframe #Blockchain #DigitalAssets

AI safety, quantum risk and IBM's blockchain bet: Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Drew Gutstein, Sandy Carter and Robert Reeves examine what enterprises should do next. #AI #Quantum #Blockchain #Security #Mainframe nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1OxwbnVBb…

Enterprise commitment to AI shows no signs of abating, with 82% of enterprises expecting to increase spending and 52% now reporting positive ROI, up four points from March. A multi-model strategy has become the baseline, with six in 10 companies running multiple providers in production and Anthropic's Claude surging past OpenAI's GPT for application development at 69%. Read the full article on what the ETR data says about where enterprise AI is heading: buff.ly/gOtuLee #AI #EnterpriseAI #Anthropic #OpenAI

AI infrastructure spending has hit an economic milestone in the U.S., with inflation-adjusted spending on information-processing equipment reaching $752 billion in the second quarter of 2026 and surpassing residential investment at $748 billion. Economist Stijn van Nieuwerburgh estimates data center and AI infrastructure spending will total $10.3 trillion between 2025 and 2032, even as S&P Global Ratings projects all six major tech companies will generate negative free operating cash flow in 2026 and 2027. Read the full article on the shift and whether the spending can justify itself: buff.ly/E0yt567 #AgenticAI #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #TechEconomy

AI power, FBI data-theft claims and extremist grooming in games: @mvizard @jswartz @AndiMann @TeriRnNY examine who sets the safeguards. #AI #Cybersecurity #Roblox #Governance #OnlineSafety nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1lKQRWXOr…

Widespread adoption of AI in healthcare settings has added nearly $1 billion in extra expenses for health insurers over the past two years, according to a report from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which found providers using tools like ambient clinical scribes to flag secondary conditions and claim higher reimbursements. The disconnect between diagnoses and treatment suggests AI is identifying more billable conditions, not sicker patients, and experts warn the automated friction between providers and insurers will push costs onto employers and consumers. Read the full article on the study and what it means for health costs: buff.ly/ynvo6g0 #AI #Healthcare #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare

Tax compliance is one of those functions people outside the business tend to underestimate, until you consider what is being sold, where the buyer is, which exemptions apply and how obligations change as the business grows. Avalara processed more than 54 billion AvaTax API calls last year, and after a day at its CRUSH conference I came away thinking the company is putting that established position to work, developing more than 100 agents and a hub to coordinate them while keeping its deterministic tax engine responsible for the calculations. Read the full article on what Avalara is building and the lesson for other software companies: buff.ly/SSd2cJS #AI #AgenticAI #Avalara #TaxCompliance

President Trump and former President Obama split on AI. Newsom acts on AI safety while D.C. stalls. NVIDIA vows to double chip sales by 2027 as Huawei charges. And robots hit workplaces faster than the rules. @MVizard hosts @SFoskett and @YveSchmitter. #AI nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1OGwbnAPd…

OpenAI plans to expand its use of independent safety researchers so outside organizations can examine its models during development rather than reviewing finished models awaiting release, discussing potential partnerships with METR and Redwood Research. Questions remain about how much freedom those researchers will have to select tests, examine internal systems and publish unfavorable findings, which is the difference between accountability and a review that never leaves the building. Read the full article on the expanded evaluations and what still needs to be answered: buff.ly/179yLJz #AI #OpenAI #AISafety #AIGovernance

Security people like control planes, and for good reason, because once an organization has hundreds or thousands of agents somebody has to say which ones exist, what they may call, what they may spend and when they get shut down. But a control plane can tell you an action was permitted without telling you who authorized it, what context it used, whether a summary silently replaced its source, or whether the record you are looking at is evidence or merely another system's assertion, and that gap is where a trust plane belongs. Read the full article on why control is about possibility, trust is about history, and why agentic security will need both: buff.ly/ehfi9JX #AIAgents #AISecurity #AgenticAI #Cybersecurity

Splunk unifies observability, security, and agentic AI. AI's energy bill hits Congress. King Charles warns AI leaders in Scotland to keep AI in service of humanity. @MVizard with Jack Poller, @tracyragan, Jeff Reich, @CamberleyBates #Splunk #AI #Energy nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1YGNrbjaE…

OpenAI and Anthropic launched new AI models with lower API prices, intensifying competition for enterprise and developer workloads. Read more: buff.ly/BDI5D0H #OpenAI #Anthropic #EnterpriseAI #AIModels #GenerativeAI

Outsight’s LiDAR technology tracks anonymous passenger movement at airports handling 280M+ travelers annually, helping operators identify congestion and manage traffic. Read more: buff.ly/u1mhC9J #Airports #LiDAR #SpatialIntelligence #DigitalTwin #TravelTech

Unitree’s humanoid robots are headed to the AGT finals as China’s robotics sector faces growing scrutiny over whether impressive demos can translate into commercial demand. Read more: buff.ly/8vt2gMk #HumanoidRobots #Robotics #Unitree #AI #Automation