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Open weights vs. closed: An AI civil war's afoot, and the stakes are existential
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence Open weights vs. closed: An AI civil war's afoot, and the…
How to remap the Windows 11 Copilot key and restore your missing Right Ctrl button
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74% of workers ask AI questions instead of colleagues - with potentially serious consequences
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence 74% of workers ask AI questions instead of colleagues -…
Dropbox vs. Google Drive: Which is right for you? [2026]
On its own, cloud storage is a commodity. Any provider worth its salt will let you back up your files to the…
Zapier vs. Tray comparison: Which is best for enterprise automation? [2026]
It's easy to let edge cases influence your decision-making—thinking you need the most technical tool for…
AI workflow automation: What it is and how to get started
If your company's idea of "using AI" is keeping ChatGPT open in a browser tab—congrats, you're doing the…
What happens to a lawyer's business model when AI makes him 5x faster
Most automation stories are about saving time. This one is about what happens after you save it. Damian…
What is AI automation? A complete guide
Working at Zapier means I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software do my job for me. Not in a…
Adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT
TIL Adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT — I've started exploring…
Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude
Discovering cryptographic weaknesses with Claude The best part of this article (here's the repo) about how…
We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
Last week’s unprecedented security event in which two OpenAI security hacking models trespassed into the…
Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident
Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident Hugging Face just…
12 keychain gadgets worth carrying every day (and why they're worth it)
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How AgentCore Gateway supports the MCP 2026-07-28 spec
Today, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) published its 2026-07-28 specification, the largest and most…
Market surveillance agent with LangGraph and Strands on AgentCore
As artificial intelligence applications evolve from simple chatbots to sophisticated autonomous systems,…
Token-maxing is an AI cost sink - how to use agents without busting your budget
Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence Token-maxing is an AI cost sink - how to use agents…
You've been using your power bank wrong, and airline rules make that obvious
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How to build a secure automated system on Zapier
At Zapier, we're big believers in automation. That's a given. But our platform goes beyond automating simple…
Zapier vs. Celigo: Which is best for enterprise automation? [2026]
NetSuite organizes monthly events for its users around the world, from Dubai to Sydney, and in each and every…
Zapier vs. UiPath: Which is best? [2026]
Some of the world's most critical infrastructure runs on technology that predates the internet. Updating it…
What are agent skills? How to take your AI agent from capable to useful
My dog knows a lot of tricks, and she's willing to show them off to you if (and only if) you offer a…
What is omnichannel customer experience?
Last week, I had to return some workout clothes to a company that I've decided to redact, as I don't want to…
The 9 best applicant tracking systems in 2026
When you open the floodgates that are a new job posting, you have to be ready for the wave of candidates that…
Hootsuite vs. Buffer: Which social media management tool is best? [2026]
Whether you're an occasional poster or a social media marketer, you need social media management apps to…