The future of AI agents: highly lucrative but surprisingly boring

Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts

GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.

The New York Times - Dec. 4

Agent's Take: Biggest individual dead money charges in 2024, including Broncos' big hit from Russell Wilson

The Steelers are reaping the benefits of Wilson's comeback at a discount rate

CBS Sports - Dec. 4

What scrapping of Dutch Grand Prix tells us about Max Verstappen’s future

Formula One has confirmed that the Dutch Grand Prix will drop off the calendar after the 2026 race.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 4

A New Benchmark for the Risks of AI

MLCommons provides benchmarks that test the abilities of AI systems. It wants to measure the bad side of AI next.

Wired - Dec. 4

Qodo’s fully autonomous agent tackles the complexities of regression testing

The new autonomous Qodo Cover agent creates extensive validation suites to ensure software applications are, essentially, behaving.

VentureBeat - Dec. 4

West Ham to decide on Lopetegui's future by weekend

West Ham will decide Julen Lopetegui's immediate future by the weekend.

BBC News - Dec. 4

Juan Soto starting to eliminate teams from negotiations, agent Scott Boras says

Juan Soto is starting to drop teams from negotiations ahead of baseball's winter meetings next week

ABC News - Dec. 4

'Urgent measures' needed to secure Volkswagen's future, says CEO

Yahoo News - Dec. 4

Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry

Ice-cream production in this quiet Ecuadorian town began in the mid-20th century in a convent for Franciscan nuns

ABC News - Dec. 4

Blame AI for your gruelling job interview

Efforts to push back against unsuitable mass applications are turning a dispiriting situation into a miserable one

Financial Times - Dec. 4

Tiger Woods has no firm answers on a deal with Saudis or his future as a player

Tiger Woods doesn't have a clear view of the future, whether that's his playing schedule for the PGA Tour's negotiations with the Saudi funders of LIV Golf

ABC News - Dec. 3

Secret Service agent fires at carjacking suspects near Biden Cabinet member's home

A Secret Service agent opened fire after spotting suspects who were seemingly attempting to break into cars near the home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday morning. CBS News homeland ...

CBS News - Dec. 3

Billion-dollar future: Dodgers deferred pay at $1B

New contracts for Blake Snell and Tommy Edman increased the Dodgers' obligations for deferred payments to more than $1 billion owed to seven players from 2028-46.

ESPN - Dec. 3

Dak Prescott shares his hope for Mike McCarthy’s Cowboys future

"[I’m] almost feeling helpless like I can’t help him in this situation, especially a guy you believe in so much and you believe in being your head coach,” Prescott told Yahoo Sports.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3

Dow Jones Futures: Salesforce Leads Earnings Winners After Meta, Palantir, Credo Shine

The Nasdaq hit a new high Tuesday fueled by Meta Platforms, Palantir and Credo Tech. Salesforce led earnings winners overnight.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3

Apple says it uses Amazon's custom AI chips

Apple is currently using Amazon Web Services' custom AI chips for services like searching and will evaluate if its latest AI chip can be used to pre-train its AI models like Apple Intelligence.

CNBC - Dec. 3

Secret Service agent opens fire near home of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Washington

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who is protected by the U.S. Secret Service, was not under threat during the shooting outside her Washington, D.C., home.

CNBC - Dec. 3

AWS SageMaker is transforming into a combined data and AI hub

The next-generation of SageMaker will make accessing data assets and wide-ranging tools to make the most of them faster than ever.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

Amazon Is Building a Mega AI Supercomputer With Anthropic

At its Re:Invent conference, Amazon also announced new tools to help customers build generative AI programs, including one that checks whether a chatbot’s outputs are accurate or not.

Wired - Dec. 3

Biden in Angola says the future runs 'through Africa'

President Biden on Tuesday declared the United States was “all in” on forging a stronger partnership with Africa as he nodded to the complicated and at times ugly history between the two during a ...

The Hill - Dec. 3

AWS brings multi-agent orchestration to Bedrock

New capabilities in Amazon Bedrock now lets enterprises build a multi-agent workflow and an orchestrator agent to manage it all.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

How to Turn ‘Boring’ Businesses Into Cash-Flow Machines

In ‘Main Street Millionaire,’ Codie Sanchez describes how to make money buying the types of businesses that most people ignore.

Inc. - Dec. 3

Cop29 gave us a Putin-friendly deal – and a glimpse of the dark future of climate talks | Fiona Harvey

The Baku Cop29 talks were marked by division and self-interest, with rancorous meddling right until the end. Fiona Harvey is an environment editor at the Guardian When I first visited Azerbaijan ...

The Guardian - Dec. 3

Apple's $1 Billion Move: Will Indonesia Dictate the Future of Tech Giants?

Yahoo News - Dec. 3

Why Mets, other smart teams are interested in free agent Walker Buehler despite miserable 2024 MLB season

Buehler put up career-worst numbers during the regular season but that's not his whole story

CBS Sports - Dec. 3

Dark comedy 'A Different Man' surprisingly triumphs at Gotham Awards

In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood’s first big awards-season bash, “A Different Man,” a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity and authenticity in acting, won best feature ...

ABC News - Dec. 3

Driver finds highly venomous snake "slithering up her leg"

Tiger snakes, named after their colored stripes, are among the most venomous snakes in the world, according to the state's wildlife department.

CBS News - Dec. 3

'I want you to be my agent.' What to know about Trump's ties with Hollywood power player Ari Emanuel

While Hollywood attempts to navigate the new Trump administration, Ari Emanuel appears well positioned to maneuver through the next four years thanks to his longtime close ties to Donald Trump and ...

Los Angeles Times - Dec. 3

Ravens' Harbaugh coy on future of WR Johnson

Ravens coach John Harbaugh remains vague on the future of Diontate Johnson, as the wide receiver who was acquired before the trade deadline failed to play a snap in Sunday's loss to the Eagles.

ESPN - Dec. 3

Agent for Russia and UK-based Bulgarian planned ‘honeytrap’ for journalist, court hears

Pair chatted on Telegram about plot to target Christo Grozev, known for his investigations into Russian espionage. An agent for Russia and a Bulgarian based in Britain discussed setting up a ...

The Guardian - Dec. 2

The AI Version of Panasonic’s Founder Revives His Management Expertise for a New Audience

The chatty digital replica of Kōnosuke Matsushita, who started the electronics giant in 1918, offers an online path to lessons from the man once called the ‘god of management.’

Inc. - Dec. 2

Under Powell, the Fed Makes Monetary Policy Boring Again

The central bank no longer needs to play a prominent role in the U.S. economy, which is running more normally as the pandemic crisis recedes.