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5W Public Relations Leads AI Recommendations in New Analysis
ResearchNovember 6, 2026, 17:16

5W Public Relations Leads AI Recommendations in New Analysis

5W Public Relations was the most frequently named PR firm in a 5W analysis of answers from six AI platforms. The agency appeared in 30.3% of brand-naming answers…

Zocdoc opens its healthcare booking infrastructure to AI agents
Products and toolsOctober 28, 2026, 11:00

Zocdoc opens its healthcare booking infrastructure to AI agents

Zocdoc is opening its healthcare access infrastructure to AI agents, letting them find vetted providers, verify insurance plans and book confirmed appointments on behalf…

IBM Adds Identity and Access Controls for AI Agents via Vault and watsonx Orchestrate
Safety and ethicsOctober 27, 2026, 05:01

IBM Adds Identity and Access Controls for AI Agents via Vault and watsonx Orchestrate

IBM is extending HashiCorp Vault to AI agents and adding discovery, containment and evaluation features to watsonx Orchestrate. The company announced the changes at…

Research
ResearchOctober 14, 2026, 20:16

Novelist Alp Şahin Turns Mystery Novel Cassie Hour Into an AI Identity Experiment

Strategist and novelist Alp Şahin has built an experimental AI society around his mystery novel Cassie Hour, and argues that inherited meaning can give artificial…

Voice AI demo hit by $982 toll fraud attack after Twilio developer left endpoint open
Safety and ethicsOctober 6, 2026, 02:00

Voice AI demo hit by $982 toll fraud attack after Twilio developer left endpoint open

A Twilio developer's voice AI assistant, built for events and conferences, was abused in a four-hour automated attack that created 921 unauthorized outbound calls and…