AI & ML

Insider warnings, hacking scares during tests and a US-China race have split the industry and Washington.

TL;DR AI-assisted hybrid operations must keep observation, policy, authorization, execution, and verification connected without granting one agent unrestricted access. Design bounded control loops with scoped tools, explicit owners, cost limits, recovery paths, and evidence of the resulting service state. The dragon illustration represents distributed coordination; it is not a design for one all-powerful controller. The

TL;DR Moving or failing over a workload requires an approved destination, usable capacity, network and data dependencies, application validation, and an accountable decision owner. Design those requirements as a workload contract before choosing the mobility workflow. The rail-network metaphor helps explain the routes and handoffs, but it does not establish that every destination or movement

OpenAI has launched Astra for Law, a legal-focused version of GPT-6 Astra designed to assist with research, document analysis and drafting. The system combines AI with US case law, statutes, regulations and legal workflows, with selected law firms getting early access.

TL;DR AI agent evaluation must test the complete application, its enforcement boundaries, and its observed effects, not just the final answer. Separate task completion from control failures, exercise changed approvals and uncertain execution outcomes, and verify that the test itself worked. Then introduce production exposure within a defined resource and authority boundary. This final installment

They scanned the pattern of microscopic imperfections on an ancient limestone slab, and used A.I. to figure out how a game might have been played.

A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

Subjecting agentic AI to an equivalent of the FCA’s existing rule book could deprive millions of investors of valuable help

There are several ways to crack the valuation nut. Some suggest the company may be worth far more

Urging Congress to pass federal guardrails on the technology, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said, “You can’t do this state by state. This needs to be a national effort as well as an international endeavor, especially together with our allies, because AI is not going to go away.”