Building agents that transact with Anchor Browser and AgentCore payments

AI agents increasingly need to access web resources that are priced per request. For example, premium datasets charge by the query, research APIs meter by the call, and paywalled publishers gate content behind payment. When an AI agent encounters one of these resources, the server returns HTTP 402 Payment Required. The agent has no built-in … Read more

Shopify opens its catalog up to more AI agents

CANADA – 2025/07/20: In this photo illustration, the Shopify logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) More AI agents will soon be able to browse and purchase from Shopify listings, marking an expansion of the company’s agentic commerce ambitions. Shopify announced Tuesday it will let … Read more

Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex

Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia’s disinformation efforts. “It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms,” Zelenskyy said Monday. “There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations.” Zelenskyy isn’t the first to assert that the … Read more

The feds are looking into reports of Tesla’s robotaxis speeding through school zones

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s evaluating allegations that Tesla’s 1,000 or so robotaxis using its automated driving system are exceeding “posted speed limits in active school zones.” Waymo’s robotaxis have also faced similar inquiries, including for illegally passing school buses and hitting a child near a California elementary school. NHTSA: The Office … Read more

Manage private pricing offers for Amazon Bedrock with managed entitlements

Managing AI model access across dozens or hundreds of AWS accounts creates operational friction when each workload account must subscribe and accept AWS Marketplace Private Pricing Offers (MPPOs) individually. Amazon Bedrock with managed entitlements simplifies multi-account access to third-party AI models so you can subscribe once from a central account and distribute access across your … Read more

Actress Mia Goth says it’s ‘incomprehensible’ that Instagram allowed an AI image of her to spread

Mia Goth at The 32nd Annual Actor Awards. | Variety via Getty Images Earlier this month, news broke that actress Mia Goth had filed for divorce from actor and filmmaker Shia LaBeouf. An Instagram post from the account miagoth_ – marked with a blue verified checkmark – quickly spread. The post shows Goth in a … Read more