Building pay-per-intelligence for AI agents: How Ampersend uses Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments

This post was co-written with Kevin Jones from Ampersend (Edge & Node) and Chethan Shriyan from the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments team. Ampersend and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments are addressing one of the hardest problems in agentic AI. How do autonomous agents pay for services without developers building bespoke billing integrations, credential management, and payment … Read more

Google invests in A24 to build AI movie tools

The deal is reportedly non-exclusive, and will span “multiple projects over time.” | Image by The Verge Google’s DeepMind AI lab is teaming up with A24 to develop new movie production technologies that aim to help future filmmakers “expand their storytelling possibilities.” As part of this new research and development collaboration, The Wall Street Journal … Read more

Here’s how you can reserve a Steam Machine

The Steam Machine is here, but getting one is a little complicated. Valve is taking preorders using a reservation system, which is intended to make the process more fair and harder for bots to exploit. However, it’s a bit different than the $5 reservations Valve used for the Steam Deck. Starting today, you can sign … Read more