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OpenAI made its biggest competitive move yet at DevDay two thousand twenty six, with CEO Sam Altman unveiling Dots, a personal AI agent designed to go head to head with Meta's Muse platform. The real question hanging over the announcement is whether users will pay for what Meta is offering for free.
Snowflake is making the case that the agentic enterprise isn't a future ambition, it's already underway. Speaking at their London World Tour event, senior leaders argued that becoming truly agentic requires more than plugging in AI tools, it demands a fundamental rethinking of how data, workflows, and decision-making connect across an organization.
Meanwhile, a sobering reminder that crypto infrastructure remains fragile. NEAR Intents, a cross-chain trading system, was hit by an exploit that drained three point eight million dollars after a bug disrupted deposits and withdrawals across multiple networks. The platform says it will reimburse affected users, but the incident adds another chapter to what has been a rough year for digital asset security.
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