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AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use

AIR's platform can discover agents running at a company, continuously vets any skills and add-ons they use, and blocks any unwanted behaviour.

Fambot introduces an 'AI chief of staff' for families

Fambot is building an AI “chief of staff” to help families manage the emails, calendars, school updates, sports schedules, and other logistics of raising kids.

It was billed as effortless London luxury. Then tenants found out the rules

Shard Place’s policies, including those on guests and delivery riders, have frustrated many renters

Watch CNBC's full interview with Melius’ Ben Reitzes

Ben Reitzes, Melius head of research, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Anthropic signing a $35B deal with Nvidia-backed cloud provider Lambda.

Melius' Ben Reitzes: Nvidia will promote open models, and it will explode with physical AI

Ben Reitzes, Melius head of research, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss Anthropic signing a $35B deal with Nvidia-backed cloud provider Lambda.

Meta's $18 billion settlement bets on AI to tell which users are kids, raising new privacy questions for kids and adults alike

Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can’t tell which users are kids.

U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hardliner resistance

The U.S. House on Tuesday is expected to vote on a short-term spending measure that would avoid a government shutdown until after November's midterm election.

West Bank food needs more than doubled since 2023 as U.N. halves its reach due to funding shortages

The United Nations’ food agency said Tuesday it is halving food assistance in the Israeli-occupied West Bank because of severe funding shortages and warned it may be forced to make further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people.

Iran says it's ready to return to its ceasefire with the US—hours after the two sides exchanged fire again

Iran’s president said Tuesday his country is ready to return to the ceasefire deal reached with the United States in June if Washington does the same, in conciliatory remarks following the first exchange of fire between the two countries in a month.

Elon Musk at G20: AI will probably increase the global economy by 20 to 30%

Elon Musk speaks at the G20 meeting about his predictions for AI.

One scanning error could block tens of thousands thousands of mail ballots under Trump’s new postal system, whistleblower warns

The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement released Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

Global bond sell-off deepens amid inflation fears

UK borrowing costs rise to highest level since 2008 and Japanese yields hit peaks not seen since 1990s