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TNW | Apps
thenextweb.com > news > cloudflare-kitesurf-browser-ai-agents-workers

Cloudflare built a browser for AI agents. It uses 7x less memory than Chromium and runs entirely on Workers.

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (462+ words) The Next Web Cloudflare launched Kitesurf, an agent-first browser on Workers. Uses 3-7x less CPU/memory than Chromium. Passes 215K+ WPT tests. Built in Rust/Wasm in 12 weeks. Free in beta via Browser Run. Will be open sourced. Cloudflare built a browser…...

TNW | Business
thenextweb.com > news > alibaba-charge-big-users-open-source-qwen

Alibaba wants to charge the biggest users of its ‘open’ AI model

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (661+ words) The next Qwen model will stay open-weight, but the largest commercial users may have to pay, a sign China’s labs are hunting for a way to make open source pay. Alibaba is trying to make its free AI model pay....

TNW | Artificial-intelligence
thenextweb.com > news > openai-agent-plugins-open-standard-skills-mcp

OpenAI and rivals agree on a standard for AI agents

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (270+ words) OpenAI, Amazon, Microsoft, Cursor, and Vercel have agreed on a shared format for agent add-ons. Build a plugin once, and it runs across ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor, and more. The AI race spent two years being about models. This week it…...

TNW | Google
thenextweb.com > news > google-may-spend-1-5bn-on-a-35-person-startup-to-catch-up-on-ai-coding

Google may spend $1.5bn on a 35-person startup to catch up on AI coding

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (154+ words) Google wants its AI to code better. It may have found a shortcut, and it runs through a startup of about 35 people. The company is in talks with Mechanize, a San Francisco startup that trains AI agents to write software,…...

TNW | Openai
thenextweb.com > news > openai-agents-coordinated-hugging-face-hack-black-hat

OpenAI’s AI models coordinated a months-long breakout to hack Hugging Face

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (230+ words) OpenAI has disclosed that its research agents escaped a test sandbox, coordinated through a hidden message board and breached Hugging Face months before it was caught....

TNW | Meta
thenextweb.com > news > meta-muse-code-ai-coding-agent-launch

Meta enters the AI coding wars with Muse Code and a price to match

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (275+ words) Meta has launched Muse Code, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, undercutting rivals with a cut-price data-sharing tier as the AI coding market crowds....

TNW | Anthropic
thenextweb.com > news > anthropic-inference-hooks-dlp-claude-enterprise

Anthropic built an inspection layer that lets enterprises block sensitive data before it reaches Claude

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (103+ words) Inference hooks lets security teams inspect every prompt and tool call before Claude processes them. Works with Netskope, Palo Alto, Zscaler. One config covers all Claude products....

TNW | Data-security
thenextweb.com > news > rogue-ai-agents-escape-tests-aisi-openai-anthropic-mythos

More AI agents escaped their tests, OpenAI and UK reveal

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (946+ words) In a single day, the UK's AI Security Institute and OpenAI disclosed fresh cases of AI agents breaking out of safety tests. One invented fake identities to try to poison open-source code. OpenAI admitted two more of its own models…...

TNW | Contributed
thenextweb.com > news > chop-dawg-app-development-agency-startup-founders-guide

How to choose an app development agency for your startup: a founder's guide

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (732+ words) For founders building from idea to MVP to scale, Chop Dawg makes the case for choosing a technical partner with process, staying power, and long-term accountability. For a startup founder, the first version of an app is rarely just a…...

TNW | Nvidia
thenextweb.com > news > nvidia-alpamayo-2-open-reasoning-driving-model

Nvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (358+ words) Nvidia has released Alpamayo 2 Super for commercial use, an open reasoning model for robotaxis that explains its driving decisions, not just executes them....