Virtuals and Autonomous AI Agents: Can Agent Economies Become the Next Altcoin Narrative?
MetaMask, Coinbase, and Mastercard push agent payments as Virtuals migrates $700M to CCIP. Here’s what to watch before betting on the narrative.
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Xiaomi has released and open-sourced MiMo-V2.5 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro under the MIT License, giving developers another potentially lower-cost option for building AI agents that can run longer tasks such as coding and workflow automation. Both models support a 1-million-token context window, the company said. MiMo-V2.5-Pro is designed for complex agent and coding tasks, while MiMo-V2.5 is a native omnimodal model that supports text, images, video, and audio. The release comes as agentic AI workloads are putting new pressure on enterprise AI budgets. These systems can burn through large numbers of tokens as they plan, call tools, write code, and recover from errors, making cost and deployment control increasingly important for developers. By using the MIT License, Xiaomi said it is allowing commercial deployment, continued training, and fine-tuning without additional authorization. Tulika Sheel, senior vice president at Kadence International, said the MIT License can make it attractive. “It a
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Sui Seal MPC aims to give autonomous AI agents on-chain spending ability without exposing private keys, using distributed key shares and Move-based policies.
Less than 24 hours after news broke that OpenAI would stagger its next model release at the request of the Trump administration, that model, GPT-5.6, is here. On Friday, the company unveiled the limited preview of its new GPT 5.6 model suite: Sol, the flagship; Terra, a medium-tier model for "high-volume work"; and Luna, a "fast and affordable" everyday model. OpenAI says it's especially skilled at coding, cybersecurity, and biology, as well as staying focused during long-horizon agentic AI tasks. Per million tokens, GPT-5.6 Sol is priced at $5 input / $30 output (nearly half the cost of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, which is $10 input / $5 … Read the full story at The Verge.
x401 could redefine digital trust, enabling secure AI-driven transactions by verifying human authorization, impacting internet infrastructure. The post Proof launches x401, an open protocol for verifying who’s actually behind AI agents appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
In Q1 2026, AI companies pulled in $242 billion in venture capital. That is 80% of all global VC funding for the quarter. From coding to compliance, customer service to clinical documentation, these 30 companies are not updating enterprise software. They are rebuilding it from scratch.
For years, Microsoft has hyped Windows 11 cas an OS with AI, and the company is finally putting the building blocks in place for that transformation. Microsoft execs shared examples of how the company is integrating AI in Windows 11 at its Build event earlier this month, highlighting how AI models and agents will make the OS smarter, allowing users to interact with it using natural language and intent. Specifically, Windows 11 PCs will provide unmetered intelligence so users can run AI for free without a network connection. “No token cost. No sensitive data leaves the device. It also reduces latency,” Anastasiya Tarnouskaya, product manager for Windows ML, said during a Build session. Hardware makers introduced AI-capable hardware before the applications were available. But Tarnouskaya said more than 500 million PCs are already running local AI workloads. “Thanks to recent advancements in AI models, hardware, and the software stacks that run them, today, every Windows PC is becoming in
OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 Sol, a next-generation model with stronger capabilities in coding, science, and cybersecurity, paired with its most advanced safety stack.
AI agents are moving beyond individual productivity and into government operations. According to Gartner, at least 80% of governments will deploy AI agents to automate routine decision-making, enhancing efficiency and service delivery by 2028. Because of this, government leaders are challenged to determine where they can deliver value with AI agents while maintaining public trust. Their [...] The post AI agents are reshaping government. What should leaders know? appeared first on SAS Blogs.