AI agents tripled web traffic in a month. Now sites are banning them
Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.

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Amazon, Yelp, and Pizza Hut are blocking OpenAI's and Meta's new shopping agents, and a web optimized for bots could squeeze out the humans who built it.
The Vietnamese automaker's asset sale raises fresh questions about its cash runway and the true cost of its EV push.
The 2026 runway marked the Fantasy Bra's return after an eight-year hiatus, with Jenner wearing the priciest version ever. Here's how it stacks up against the $15 million record.
Nick Cammarata's Goodfire post has the AI world split - if he's right, monitoring frontier models just got a lot easier.
The ride-hailing launch gives VinFast a rolling US showroom and tests whether Vietnamese EVs can compete in a market dominated by Uber and Tesla.
The e-commerce giant is backing a 960-megawatt SMR fleet with X-energy and AEP, a high-stakes test for the AI data center power crunch.
The Series B, co-led by Forerunner and Menlo, signals a shift from solo AI copilots to collaborative agent workforces.
The Claude maker's 5% share pledge, worth $48bn, is a bid to win over regulators and investors before its stock market listing.
The bank is moving off its balance sheet to back robot factories, hypersonic missiles, and supply chains, signaling a new era of bank-backed military innovation.
The AI giant's philanthropic fund is real, but its value is a bet on the sector's staying power.
The consulting giant's strategic review of its Greater China unit could set a benchmark for every multinational weighing its China exposure.
The AI buildout is running on borrowed money, and the question of who's on the hook is getting louder. Here's what a crash would mean for companies, lenders, and taxpayers.