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Applied AI

‘Guardian’ Apps Aim to Stop AI Agents From Going Rogue

By Laura Bratton · Mar 31, 2026 3:28pm PDT
As rogue AI agents cause security problems and product outages even at sophisticated companies such as Meta and Amazon, major firms such as ServiceNow as well as startups are developing new AI to monitor and stop them.The new AI, also known as guardian AI agents, comes in the form of a cloud application and can be laborious to set up. To use a... As rogue AI agents cause security problems and product outages even at sophisticated companies ...
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Dealmaker

How an Unusual Fitness Deal Came Together

By Valida Pau · Mar 31, 2026 3:15pm PDT
Three executives were at a health and fitness industry conference last March, but it was in Las Vegas, so they were drinking old-fashioneds when they hatched a cross-border deal to create a fitness company worth $7.5 billion that spanned subscription and scheduling apps, plus equipment.The three whiskey drinkers were Fritz Lanman, CEO of... Three executives were at a health and fitness industry conference last March, but it was in Las...
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AI Agenda

How This Startup Helps Users Generate Videos Without Breaking The Bank

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 31, 2026 7:00am PDT
Despite OpenAI’s decision to shutter Sora, other AI video developers aren’t giving up. Instead, they’re finding interesting new ways to make money from their video-generating models.Take LTX—a spinoff from Lightricks, the company behind the popular image editing app Facetune—which in January launched open-source AI software for video generation... Despite OpenAI’s decision to shutter Sora, other AI video developers aren’t giving up. Instead,...
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Exclusive

Microsoft Freezes Hiring in Major Cloud and Sales Groups

By Kevin McLaughlin and Aaron Holmes · Mar 26, 2026 10:36am PDT
Microsoft executives in recent weeks told managers at major divisions, including its Azure cloud and North American sales groups, to suspend new hiring, according to three current employees with direct knowledge of the decision. It’s not uncommon for Microsoft to slow hiring or even lay off staff toward the end of its fiscal year, which ends in... Microsoft executives in recent weeks told managers at major divisions, including its Azure cloud...