The retrieval rebuild: Why hybrid retrieval intent tripled as enterprise RAG programs hit the scale wall

Something shifted in enterprise RAG in Q1 2026. VB Pulse data spanning January through March tells a consistent story: the market stopped adding retrieval layers and started fixing the ones it already [...]

Perplexity AI says it would rebuild TikTok's algorithm and add Community Notes features

Earlier this year, with a TikTok ban looming, Perplexity AI threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring to take over the embattled social media company. Now, the maker of the AI search engine is [...]

AI agents are entering their rebuild era as enterprises confront the reliability problem

As enterprise AI agents move into production, organizations are confronting a growing reliability problem. Many teams are discovering that LLM performance alone does not determine whether agents succe [...]

UN emissions report: The planet is falling well short of its climate targets

The outlook for future generations isn't looking so great. The UN released its annual Emissions Gap Report on Tuesday, and the news is mostly bad. The world’s projected climate path falls far s [...]

FDA bets on AI and cloud monitoring for clinical trials as it looks to rebuild after DOGE layoffs

The FDA is launching a pilot program to monitor clinical trials in real time using AI and cloud computing, a move the agency says could dramatically shorten the time it takes to approve new drugs.< [...]

Intuit scrapped its own AI agent architecture twice in four months. At VB Transform 2026, its AI VP called that the fast path

Intuit was an early pioneer in the usage of agentic AI, but its path to success has hardly been a straight line.At VB Transform 2026, Intuit VP of AI Nhung Ho described how the company rebuilt its age [...]

Tunic and 400 other games can be yours for just $10 thanks to a charity Itch.io bundle

Developer Necrosoft Games has assembled another huge bundle of games on Itch.io to support a good cause. It includes more than 400 games that can be yours if you pony up at least $10 to support wildfi [...]

Google Wants to Get Better at Spotting Wildfires From Space

A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at tracking wildfires—and using AI to process all the data being collected. [...]

Firefighting drones in the works as wildfires plague US nearly year-round

California and XPRIZE competition tests whether drones can stop wildfires early. [...]