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• Sam Altman-Backed Startup Aims to Verify Humans Behind AI Transactions

  18-03-2026 21:38 via eweek.com
  AI agents are starting to shop online for consumers, but that convenience is introducing new risks. As automated purchases increase, businesses are finding ways to confirm that real people are still in control. World, the identity startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is stepping in with a proposed fix. Its new AgentKit tool aims to verify that a human is authorizing purchases made by AI agents, adding a layer of trust to the fast-changing world of agent-based shopping. Building
  
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• Jensen Huang: OpenClaw Is ‘the Next ChatGPT’ and a Historic Open-Source Breakthrough

  18-03-2026 18:54 via eweek.com
  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just threw his considerable weight behind the fast-growing OpenClaw AI agent platform, declaring it a seismic shift in how humans will interact with artificial intelligence going forward.Speaking with CNBC’s Jim Cramer on “Mad Money” from the sidelines of Nvidia’s GTC conference in California, Huang declared about OpenClaw:“It is now the largest, most popular, the most successful open-sourced project in the history of humanity.” He adde
  
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• The Most Important Thing Jensen Huang Said at GTC 2026 Wasn’t About a Chip

  18-03-2026 18:08 via eweek.com
  Jensen Huang was selling a worldview: that AI has moved beyond the training era and into something much bigger, more durable, and potentially far more lucrative. He shared his vision and belief of an economy built on inference, agents, and always-on compute demand.That was the real signal during his live press Q&A on March 17 with reporters and creators, as well.Yes, there were the expected hardware flexes. Yes, there were giant numbers. But the deeper story was Huang’s attempt to refr
  
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• Google Kills AI Health Feature After Safety Backlash

  18-03-2026 18:03 via eweek.com
  Google has removed “What People Suggest,” an experimental Search feature that used AI to organize health-related perspectives from online discussions.
  The feature had been introduced as a way to help users quickly see how other people described living with certain conditions, but it drew criticism because the material came from forum-style conversations and social posts rather than medical professionals.
  Google told The Guardian that the removal was part of a broader simplificat
  
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• 8 Gemini AI Prompts Tailored for Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn & More

  18-03-2026 17:48 via eweek.com
  Most AI photo prompts floating around the internet are basically the same. “Make it look cinematic.” “Add a warm glow.” Cool, but so what? Every other account is doing the same thing.What actually moves the needle on social media is knowing which visual language speaks to each platform, understanding the aspect ratios and lighting styles the algorithm rewards, and writing prompts precise enough that Gemini doesn’t have to guess what you want.These eight prompts are
  
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• Mistral Forge Gives Enterprises a New Way to Build Custom AI Models

  18-03-2026 16:03 via eweek.com
  Mistral AI has launched Mistral Forge, a new platform for enterprises that want more control over how AI models are trained, adapted, and deployed. The company is pitching Forge as a way for organizations to move beyond generic AI systems and build models around their own data, internal policies, and infrastructure requirements.
  Many enterprise AI deployments still rely on general-purpose models customized through fine-tuning or retrieval-augmented generation. Forge pushes further than that.
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• China’s New Horse-Inspired Robot Can Haul Gear, Climb Stairs

  18-03-2026 15:32 via eweek.com
  To celebrate the 2026 Year of the Horse, Hangzhou-based startup DEEP Robotics has traded the traditional paper lanterns for something much more durable: a limited-edition robot horse. While most “robot dogs” on the market look like walking toolboxes, this new machine leans into a bionic look with legs and hooves that actually look like they belong to a living creature. The robot horse combines bionic design with industrial quadruped robotics technology to create a machine that i
  
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• New 3D Vision System Lets Humanoid Robots Navigate Without Human Help

  18-03-2026 14:43 via eweek.com
  A vision company is proving that robots can finally see well enough to be trusted around people.A humanoid robot moved around a space, mapping it, avoiding obstacles, and climbing surfaces without anyone holding its hand. No remote control. No tightly scripted environment. Just a machine seeing the world and moving through it on its own terms.Behind that moment was RealSense, a Cupertino-based computer vision company that spun out of Intel last year. Partnering with Shenzhen-based robotics firm
  
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