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FeaturedWe Reviewed 149 AI Tools. Here's What They Actually Cost in 2026
*Last updated: August 2026* The most common question we get is some version of: do I actually have to pay for this stuff? It's a fair question, and it's surprisingly hard to answer from the outside. Every AI tool's pricing page is designed to move you toward a subscription. Nob...
FeaturedThe Plain-English AI Glossary: 25 Terms That Actually Matter in 2026
There is a specific moment that stops people from using AI, and it usually isn't the technology. It's a sentence like this one, pulled from a product announcement: *"Our new multimodal foundation model supports a 200K context window with improved RLHF alignment and reduced hallu...
FeaturedAI Agents Are Getting Their Own Computer Chips — Here's Why That Matters
The Next Big Bet in AI Isn't What You'd Expect If you've been following AI news at all, you know Nvidia as the company that makes the powerful chips (specialized computer processors) that power everything from ChatGPT to Gemini. But Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang just announced somet...
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EliseAI raises $350M to enhance its AI work automation suite
EliseAI, a startup that develops artificial intelligence tools for real-estate companies and healthcare providers, has raised $350 million in funding. Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer jointly led the round. EliseAI stated today that they were joined by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventur
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on AI agents in ChatGPT with their own cloud computers
OpenAI Group PBC today used its DevDay developer conference to launch Dots, a set of always-on artificial intelligence agents in ChatGPT. The release is aimed at moving ChatGPT users beyond working one prompt at a time. Someone can hand an agent a goal and let it carry the job forward without direct
In the AI era, identity evolves into the control plane for trust
Every major security shift ultimately comes down to one question: Who or what is allowed to do this? For most of the past two decades, the answer was a person with a username and password. In the artificial intelligence era, the answer increasingly is an agent, and most organizations have no idea ho
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The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
Before OpenAI launched its new AI agent, Dots, on Tuesday, Elon Musk's xAI had already acquired the domain name "dot.com," which now redirects to the Grok chatbot download page.
Equals Money lets customers’ AI tools read data but not move money
Opening a Model Context Protocol server, or MCP server, to customers’ AI tools is becoming standard for fintech companies, but in payments a rogue agent does not just leak data — it moves money. That raises the bar for how agents are identified, logged and stopped. Identity providers are adding cont
OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
OpenAI is building out the pieces of an alternative to the traditional app store model, turning ChatGPT into a place where software can be discovered and used by people and AI agents alike.
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