OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder as AI agent race intensifies

OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral OpenClaw AI assistant, to spearhead development of what CEO Sam Altman describes as “the next generation of personal agents.” The move comes weeks after OpenClaw, previously known as Clawdbot and then Moltbot, achieved explosive popularity despite security researchers warning of serious vulnerabilities in the open-source tool. Steinberger will join OpenAI…

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Google gives enterprises new controls to manage AI inference costs and reliability

Google has added two new service tiers to the Gemini API that enable enterprise developers to control the cost and reliability of AI inference depending on how time-sensitive a given workload is. While the cost of training large language models for artificial intelligence has been a concern in the past, the focus of attention is…

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Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.110, an update of the popular code editor that makes agents practical for long-running and more complex tasks by giving developers new ways to extend agents, smarter session management, and more visibility and control, the company said. Introduced March 4, VS Code 1.110, also known as the February 2026…

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