SIMGUIDE: Procedurally Grounded Multi-Context Representations for Personalized Agent Planning
arXiv:2608.24888v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Personalized AI agents overwhelmingly treat users as single entities: a flat profile concatenated into a prompt.…
This fails when the same person holds different priorities across life…
The core problem is not that agents lack information about users; it i…
We introduce SIMGUIDE, a method that structures user context into type…
IKEA and Xbox's YXSTABY Furniture Collab Turns Any Room into a Gaming Sanctuary
SummaryIKEA and Xbox have teamed up to reveal the nine-piece YXSTABY home gaming collection at GamescomThe furniture lineup incorporates controller-inspired designs including a thumbstick stool that tilts with movementThe collection will officially launch on October 1, 2026 online and in-storeIKEA and Xbox have officially presented the nine-piece YXSTABY collection, introducing a functional line of home gaming furniture tailored for compact spaces.…
The collaborative range unveiled at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, comb…
Designed to accommodate modern shared living setups and smaller rooms,…
Central to the lineup is the YXSTABY gaming thumbstick stool, which wa…
Anthropic Previews Standard for AI Control of Physical Devices
Anthropic is opening a research preview of a shared specification for artificial intelligence agents to operate physical devices, specifically lab and manufacturing instruments, the company said in a Thursday (Aug.…
27) announcement.
The Model Hardware Standard (MHS) enables agents to operate instrument…
Anthropic is making MHS available to a first group of partners in the …
Lawsuit Seeks to Block EPA From Abandoning Health of Clevelanders
Groups challenge EPA’s decision on smog that flouts the law and hands polluters a free pass CLEVELAND — A coalition of environmental and public health organizations filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the U.…
Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to let Cleveland off the ho…
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ATLANTA — After a tumultuous and secretive process, the Georgia Public Service Commission staff approved the contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI to power a 3.…
2 gigawatt hyperscale data center planned for Effingham County — witho…
In response, Sierra Club and the Southern Alliance .
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The <i><em>Bazaar</em></i> Guide to Fall 2026 Movies
A Jane Austen revival, Jenna Ortega as a robot, touching artist documentaries, and … romance with a wicker basket? This fall’s slate is full of surprises.
Affirm Makes Smaller Purchases BNPL’s Next Growth Test
Affirm’s latest quarter shows buy now, pay later (BNPL) moving deeper into everyday spending, where affordability depends less on financing one large purchase and more on giving consumers flexibility across a growing number of transactions.…
That pattern showed up clearly in the numbers for the fiscal fourth qu…
Gross merchandise volume rose 36% year over year to $14.
1 billion in the latest quarter, while transactions rose faster, up 41…