Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok will be deployed inside Pentagon networks alongside Google's generative AI tools, as the Trump administration pushes to feed more Defense Department data into emerging AI systems.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/13/2026
VAST Data has unveiled a redesigned inference architecture to support the emerging class of long-lived, multi-agent artificial intelligence systems. The infrastructure centers on the company’s AI Operating System (AI OS), which now runs natively on NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPUs, eliminating traditional storage bottlenecks and enabling deterministic access to shared memory for inference at scale.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/13/2026
AI-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has signed a definitive agreement to acquire identity security company SGNL in a deal valued at approximately $740 million, the company said Thursday.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/08/2026
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open-source standard that defines how AI applications securely connect to data sources and tools, with potential benefits and risks for enterprise adoption.
- By Pure AI Editors
- 01/07/2026
The first big AI wave was about awe. The second was about access. The third was about agents, everywhere, doing things on your behalf, quietly, inside the software you already use. The fourth wave, if you believe this year's pile of forecasts, looks less like a movie trailer and more like a compliance checklist.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/06/2026
The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new collaborative initiative designed to build an open-source ecosystem for autonomous AI agents. The effort brings together major players across AI and cloud computing, including Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading tech companies.
X is revising its Terms of Service (ToS) effective Jan. 15, 2026, with an update that more explicitly brings AI activity -- including Grok prompts and outputs -- under the platform's content and misuse rules.
For the last few years, the pitch has been that AI could mop up this mess. In 2026, the prediction wave says the pitch changes. The demo is no longer the product. The benchmark is no longer the finish line. The era of AI as a science project ends when AI touches reality, and reality touches back.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/19/2025
OpenAI has hired Denise Dresser, CEO of Slack, as its new chief revenue officer in a bid to accelerate its enterprise business at a time when the AI company is burning cash faster than almost any startup in history.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/18/2025
OpenAI has released GPT-5.2, the latest version of its AI model family for ChatGPT, following a reported "code red" directive from CEO Sam Altman earlier this month. The directive was issued in response to competitive pressure from Google's Gemini 3 model, which recently topped multiple AI benchmarks.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/16/2025
When Time magazine revealed its 2025 Person of the Year, the publication honored a collective: the business leaders behind the artificial intelligence revolution.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/16/2025
Disney has struck a $1 billion, three-year licensing deal with OpenAI, signaling a significant shift in how traditional media companies engage with generative AI.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/15/2025
IBM has agreed to buy data infrastructure company Confluent for $11 billion in cash, marking the technology giant's largest acquisition in years as it seeks to capitalize on surging enterprise demand for artificial intelligence capabilities.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/08/2025