Evals are the new PRD, Expedia’s AI chief tells VB Transform 2026

“The new PRD are the evals,” Xavi Amatriain, Expedia Group’s first chief AI and data officer, told the VB Transform 2026 audience last week in Menlo Park. “So basically, you encode what you wa [...]

Your agent didn’t hallucinate; it exceeded its authority

Content filters can block unsafe output. They cannot tell you whether an agent was authorized to issue that refund, touch that production system, or commit the company to an external action. Those are [...]

Nothing’s Phone 3a Pro is a stylish, almost-flagship experience for $459

Nothing doesn’t have a Phone 3 yet, instead choosing to make a lateral move to not one, but two new mid-range devices, the Nothing Phone 3a and, intriguingly, the 3a Pro. Reassuringly, Nothing conti [...]

AI is old news. Generative AI is the future.

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) is well known, often evoking futuristic movies like Robocop, Terminator and The Matrix. Yet what many don’t realize is that AI has been part of our lives [...]

How to watch the LG press conference at CES 2026

LG<br /> For years, LG has kicked off CES press day with the first event of the morning — and 2026 will be no different. The Korea-based corporation is theming its presentation as "Innov [...]

AI Agents are delivering real ROI — Here's what 1,100 developers and CTOs reveal about scaling them

Presented by DigitalOceanFrom refactoring codebases to debugging production code, AI agents are already proving their value. But scaling them in production remains the exception, not the rule. In Digi [...]

How AI Is Actually Humanizing Professional Networking

The prevailing fear around artificial intelligence (AI) is that it will render human workers obsolete, replacing jobs, eroding trust, and stripping away the human element of work. It’s an anxiety ro [...]

Google releases new AI video model Veo 3.1 in Flow and API: what it means for enterprises

As expected after days of leaks and rumors online, Google has unveiled Veo 3.1, its latest AI video generation model, bringing a suite of creative and technical upgrades aimed at improving narrative c [...]

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a computer-use AI agent that rivals GPT-4o and works directly on your PC

Microsoft has introduced Fara-7B, a new 7-billion parameter model designed to act as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) capable of performing complex tasks directly on a user’s device. Fara-7B sets new stat [...]