2026-06-18

Chelsea Finn wants robots to get better at learning

The Stanford professor’s work gives autonomous systems new frameworks for tackling complex tasks. [...]

2026-06-18

Daniel Danker on how Walmart solves customer problems with AI

The retail giant executive is bringing AI to shopping, store operations, Scan & Go, and behind-the-scenes logistics. [...]

2026-06-18

Rajiv Dattani is bringing insurance to the AI agent boom

Dattani’s company, AIUC, is creating insurance standards for agent providers, giving enterprises a new way to assess risk and trust. [...]

2026-06-18

Elizabeth Minor wants humans to stay in control of AI weapons

As head of policy at Stop Killer Robots, she is pushing for international rules to limit autonomous weapons before they become normalized in war. [...]

2026-06-18

Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim is helping the world get ready for AI

As chief AI readiness officer, she works with governments, educators, and policymakers to prepare for what’s coming next. [...]

2026-06-18

Charles Lamanna is moving Microsoft Copilot beyond chat

With Copilot Cowork, he wants workers to delegate complex office tasks to AI agents that can use Excel, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 tools. [...]

2026-06-18

Shimon Elkabetz wants weather forecasts to make better decisions

Tomorrow.io uses satellites, customer data, and agentic AI to help companies and cities act before severe weather hits. [...]

2026-06-18

Cameron Stanley is pushing the Pentagon to become AI-first

The Defense Department official is accelerating agentic AI across military operations, from back-office workflows to battlefield decision-making. [...]

2026-06-18

Fireworks AI’s Lin Qiao wants to make AI agents cheaper to run

Her company helps developers build agents and workflows, while pushing smaller, customized models as an answer to runaway token costs. [...]