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Five controls to set before you let an AI agent buy, pay, or cancel anything for you, so it finishes the job without spending money you didn't approve.

Your agent can plan the perfect trip. -- but whether it gets to book the hotel is up to the hotel, and after Black October, the hotel has questions.

A computer science grad called the job market a 'bloodbath.' Now she has good news.

A computer science graduate's job search offers a hopeful lesson about AI, automation, and the future of work.

Google made a robot planter.

No, you can’t buy it. It’s a “just for fun” project to show off Google AI Studio. But it’s also undeniably cute. Sprout wanders autonomously to find the best sunlight and sends an alert when the plant needs watering.

Binance’s $6.3 billion hack raises questions about crypto wallet safety

Two high-profile security incidents this week, including the largest crypto theft in history, have raised custody and safety concerns.

Ex-Dartmouth Provost Says He Didn't Get Adequate Chance to Respond to AI Claims

Michigan's key Senate race devolved into open fighting Friday night, with warring statements from progressive Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, the more centrist Democrat who lost the primary.

Axios C-Suite: The 6 dimensions of AI leadership

It's an urgent enabler of revenue, growth, cost and confusion that many aren't remotely ready for.

Humans are still doing the work behind some AI agents

AI agents from startups including Dazzle, Duckbill and Wajo still rely on human workers for calls and other real-world tasks when software falls short.

Poland suspends top judges as battle over rule of law escalates

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

Meta builds bipartisan influence team ahead of midterms

It's a window into Meta's Washington strategy as scrutiny around AI and data centers becomes a bipartisan election issue.

From Karl Marx’s vampire to Warren Buffett’s moat, the crumbling gothic castle has been capitalism’s favorite metaphor for 250 years

Markets are ushering in a particularly gothic Halloween as the AI trade exposes a crumbling aristocratic pile of early 21st century capitalism. Wall Street has been describing itself in castle-adjacent terms for years.

How North Korea perfected the crypto heist

Hackers moved roughly $6.3 billion in assets in about 20 minutes

Anthropic's path to the Nasdaq just got a lot bumpier

Concerning projections from hyperscalers this week punished tech stocks and pushed the Nasdaq to its first three-week losing streak since March.