DICK’S Sporting Goods thinks AI should help you buy sneakers and baseball gloves

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DICK’S Sporting Goods is rolling out an AI powered shopping assistant called Coach by DICK’S. The retailer says it can guide athletes with recommendations and training tips, but not everyone is convinced AI belongs in a sporting goods app.

Microsoft bets on historic Black Wall Street for new AI lab

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Microsoft and Black Tech Street have opened the Greenwood Cyber + AI Lab in Tulsa, combining AI development, cybersecurity research, workforce training, and federal Tech Hub funding in the historic Greenwood district.

Cloudflare and Anthropic want to make AI agents less scary for businesses

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Cloudflare and Anthropic are teaming up on Cloudflare Environments for Claude Managed Agents, giving businesses a more secure and scalable way to run AI agents with sandboxed code execution, browser automation, observability, private networking, and Cloudflare Workers support.