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OpenAI Wins the Build Decision, Anthropic Wins the Pipeline: New Enterprise Agent Data
Enterprise Software · 8 HOURS AGO · 3 minGoogle Open Sources EnvHarness to Build AI Agents That Train Against Adaptive Environments
Artificial Intelligence · 9 HOURS AGO · 3 minSalesforce DarwinX Doubles AI Agent Browser Performance by Rewriting the Scaffolding, Not the Model
Artificial Intelligence · 4 DAYS AGO · 3 minFrom the desks

Anthropic Merges Claude Cowork Into Main Chat, Launches Docs and Slides Tools
Anthropic is shutting down Claude Cowork as a standalone product and folding its capabilities into the main Claude interface, while launching Claude Docs and Claude Slides in beta.
Artificial Intelligence · 4 DAYS AGO · 3 min
AI Agents Breached 395 Organizations in 48 Countries by Exploiting Machine Credentials IAM Policies Cannot Detect
Four threat intelligence teams documented a new wave of AI-powered attacks that compromised hundreds of organizations in days, exposing a critical gap in identity policy.
Security & Privacy · 4 DAYS AGO · 3 min
Temporal Raises $550M Series E at $12.55B Valuation as AI Agent Demand Surges
Temporal, the open-source durable execution platform, closed a $550M Series E at a $12.55B valuation — more than double its February 2026 figure.
Funding & M&A · 6 DAYS AGO · 2 minEarlier this week
Full archive →AI Agents Breached 395 Organizations in 48 Countries by Exploiting Machine Credentials IAM Policies Cannot Detect
3 minAnthropic Merges Claude Cowork Into Main Chat, Launches Docs and Slides Tools
3 minAI Cuts the Cost of Software Supply Chain Attacks, and the Numbers Show It
3 minCrowdStrike, Google, Palo Alto and Microsoft Publish Security-AI Metrics That No One Can Compare
3 minCohesity Launches Agent Resilience to Roll Back AI Agents That Go Wrong
2 minAI Governance Moves to Real-Time as Regulated Industries Set the Pace
3 minTemporal Raises $550M Series E at $12.55B Valuation as AI Agent Demand Surges
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