Anthropic acquires Seattle AI startup Vercept
Anthropic announced Wednesday it has acquired Vercept, a Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup specializing in “computer-use” agents, marking its second major acquisition in three months.
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Gemini 3-powered Circle to Search debuts on Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10
Google released an update to its Circle to Search feature, coinciding with the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S26 family of phones. The update utilizes Gemini 3 to enable the scanning and identification...
Alphabet’s Intrinsic joins Google to accelerate “Physical AI”
Alphabet-owned robotics software company Intrinsic is joining Google. The company will remain a distinct entity while working closely with Google DeepMind and utilizing Gemini AI models and cloud serv...
AI Agents Start Shopping and Payments Firms Adapt
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With FIS’ Mladen Vladic
Innovation in payments has historically followed a bottom-up adoption curve.
Niche players test, incumbents wait, standards e...